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Series 1:
Administrative
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
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Series 2: Interviews
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Robert L. Carter oral history
interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan in New York, New York, October 23, 2010
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Robert L. Carter was born in
1917, grew up in New Jersey, and attended Lincoln University, Howard University
Law School, and Columbia University Law School. He worked as a National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attorney, legal
assistant to Thurgood Marshall, 1944-1955, general counsel, 1955-1968 and
judge, 1972-2012. He argued many civil rights cases such as Sweatt v. Painter,
Brown v. Board of Education, and Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of
Oklahoma. Carter died in 2012. |
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Summary: Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in
Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law
School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at
the Lincoln Memorial and his service in the segregated army during World War
II. He recounts his career as a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund,
including the Brown v. Board of Education case and other legal cases that ended
segregation. |
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Moving Images |
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3 videocassettes of 3 (DVCam) (186 min.) :
sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master |
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Tape ID: afc2010039_crhp0001_mv01-03 |
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Photographs |
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2 photographs : digital, jpg files |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0001_ph1-2 |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/13 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (87 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0001_Carter_transcript |
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Mildred Bond Roxborough oral
history interview conducted by Julian Bond in New York, New York, October 29, 2010
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Mildred Bond Roxborough was
born in 1926, grew up in Brownsville, Tennessee, and attended Howard
University, New York University, and Columbia University. She married John W.
Roxborough, II, in 1963. She worked as an administrator at the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1954 to
1997. |
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Summary: Roxborough discusses how she became active
in the Civil Rights Movement at the age of nine, when she sold subscriptions to
the NAACP The Crisis magazine. Roxborough began working with the NAACP as a fieldworker and
worked in a variety of administrative positions including as director of
development. |
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Moving Images |
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2 videocassettes of 2 (DVCam) (84 min.) : sound,
color ; 1/4 in. camera master |
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Tape ID: afc2010039_crhp0002_mv01-02 |
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Photographs |
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2 photographs : digital, jpg files |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0002_ph1-2 |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/14 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (75 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0002_Roxborough_transcript |
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Myrtle Gonza Glascoe oral
history interview conducted by Dwandalyn Reece in Capitol Heights, Maryland,
November 17, 2010
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Myrtle Gonza Glascoe was born
in 1936 and attended Howard University, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard
University. She worked as a social worker, college professor, and teacher. From
1965 to 1967 she was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field
Secretary in Phillips County, Arkansas, and West Point, Mississippi. |
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Summary: Myrtle Gonza Glascoe recalls growing up in
Washington, D.C., attending Howard University and the University of
Pennsylvania, and her early career in education and social work. She remembers
joining the Baltimore Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), moving to California,
and her work as a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field
Secretary in West Point, Mississippi and Phillips County, Arkansas, where she
worked closely with Howard Himmelbaum and Gertrude Jackson. She also discusses
her work as the director of the Avery Research Center and her opinions on the
education of African Americans. |
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Moving Images |
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2 videocassettes of 2 (DVCam) (94 min.) : sound,
color ; 1/4 in. camera master |
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Tape ID: afc2010039_crhp0003_mv01-02 |
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Photographs |
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3 photographs : digital, jpg files |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0003_ph1-3 |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/15 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (83 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0003_Glascoe_transcript |
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Gertrude Newsome Jackson oral
history interview conducted by LaFleur Paysour in Marvell, Arkansas, November 22, 2010
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Gertrude Newsome Jackson was
born in 1923 in Madison, Illinois, married Earliss Jackson in 1943, and had
nine children. She attended Marvell High School and worked as a farmer and
housewife. Jackson and her husband were farmers in Jonesridge, Arkansas, and
provided food and shelter to Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
fieldworkers in Marvell, Arkansas during the 1960s. |
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Summary: Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in
Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community
to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights
movement in rural Arkansas. She discusses assisting Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers Howard Himmelbaum and Myrtle
Glascoe, working for Head Start, and starting a community center. Jackson's
grandson is also interviewed. |
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Moving Images |
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2 videocassettes of 2 (DVCam) (117 min.) :
sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master |
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Tape ID: afc2010039_crhp0004_mv01-02 |
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Photographs |
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3 photographs : digital, jpg files |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0004_ph1-3 |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/1 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (102 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0004_Jackson_transcript |
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Lawrence Guyot oral history
interview conducted by Julian Bond in Washington, D.C., December 30, 2010
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Lawrence Guyot, Jr., was born
in 1939 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. He married Monica Kline in 1967 and had
two children. He attended Tougaloo College and Rutgers University, worked as a
lobbyist and longshoreman in Washington, D. C., and fundraiser for Mary Holmes
Junior College. He was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field
Secretary and chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Guyot died in
2012. |
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Summary: Lawrence Guyot recalls growing up in Pass
Christian, Mississippi, and the influence of his family, and attending Tougaloo
College. He remembers meeting members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC), joining the organization, and participating in Freedom
Summer. He discusses his opinions and memories of Mississippi politics, the
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and his later life in Washington, D.
C. |
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Moving Images |
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2 videocassettes of 2 (DVCam) (87 min.) : sound,
color ; 1/4 in. camera master |
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Tape ID: afc2010039_crhp0005_mv01-02 |
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Photographs |
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3 photographs : digital, jpg files |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0005_ph1-3 |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/2 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (86 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0005_Guyot_transcript |
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C. T. Vivian oral history
interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, March 29, 2011
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: C. T. Vivian was born in 1924
in Howard County, Missouri, married Octavia Genes, and had four children. He
attended Western Illinois University and worked as a minister and civil rights
leader in Nashville, Tennessee. |
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Summary: C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb,
Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He
discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville,
Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in
demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at
Parchman Prison, the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). |
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Moving Images |
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4 videocassettes of 4 (DVCam) (246 min.) :
sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master |
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Tape ID: afc2010039_crhp0006_mv01-04 |
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Photographs |
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3 photographs : digital, jpg files |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0006_ph1-3 |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/3-4 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (229 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0006_Vivian_transcript |
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Ruby Nell Sales oral history
interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, April 25, 2011
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Ruby Sales was born in 1948
and grew up in Alabama. She attended Carver High School, Tuskegee University,
and Manhattanville College. She worked as the founder and director of
Spirithouse and as a social justice activist. She was a Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field worker in Alabama. |
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Summary: Ruby Sales discusses her father's military
career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute.
She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the
Selma to Montgomery March, registering voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, and
her arrest in Hayneville, Alabama. She remembers the murder of Jonathan
Daniels, a seminary student who saved her life, and discusses her opinions on
African American history and the current rate of African Americans in
prison. |
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Moving Images |
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10 video files of 10 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (92 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0007_mv01-10 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (46 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0007_sales_transcript |
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Doris Adelaide Derby oral
history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, April 26, 2011
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Doris Derby was born in 1939
or 1940 in the Bronx, New York. She married Bob Banks and attended Hunter
College and the University of Illinois. She worked as an artist, photographer
and educator at Georgia State University. Derby was a civil rights activist and
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworker in Georgia. |
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Summary: Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the
Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She recalls her work in
African art and dance, and traveling to Albany, Georgia, to join the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with voter registration. She remembers
teaching adult literacy in Mississippi with SNCC, starting the Free Southern
Theater, and working for Head Start. |
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Moving Images |
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8 video files of 8 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (111 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0008_mv01-08 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (46 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0008_derby_transcript |
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Jamila Jones oral history
interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, April 27, 2011
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Jamila Jones was born in 1944
in Montgomery, Alabama. She worked as singer and artist and wrote one of the
verses of the song, "We Shall Overcome."
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Summary: Jamila Jones recalls participating in the
Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the
Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement. She
recalls helping the Freedom Riders, visiting the Highlander Folk Center,
writing a new verse of the song "We Shall Overcome," and founding the Harambee Singers. |
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Moving Images |
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4 video files of 4 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (49 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0009_mv01-04 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/4 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (23 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0009_jonesjamila_transcript |
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Simeon Wright oral history
interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Chicago, Illinois, May 23, 2011
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Simeon Wright was born in 1942
in Doddsville, Mississippi. He married Annie Cole in 1971 and attended the
Moody Bible Institute. He worked as a pipefitter, Sunday school teacher, and
deacon. He is the author of Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till (Chicago, IL. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010). |
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Summary: Simeon Wright discusses his cousin, Emmett
Till, and his attempts to correct the historical record concerning Till's
murder. He recalls Till's visit to his home in Mississippi, going to Bryant's
store, and the night that Till was kidnapped. He remembers the trial, moving to
Chicago, and how the murder and publicity affected his family. |
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Moving Images |
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4 video files of 4 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (91 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0010_mv01-04 |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/5 |
Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (48 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0010_wright_transcript |
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Wheeler Parker oral history
interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Chicago, Illinois, May 23, 2011
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Wheeler Parker was born in
1939 in Schlater, Mississippi, grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and married Marvel
McCain in 1967. He worked as a barber, photographer, and pastor. At age 16, he
traveled from Chicago to Mississippi with his cousin Emmett Till and witnessed
his kidnapping. |
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Summary: Wheeler Parker, Jr., discusses his visit to
Mississippi with his cousin, Emmett Till. He recalls the incident at Bryant's
store and the night that Till was kidnapped, and Till's funeral in Chicago. He
remembers how the murder and publicity affected his family, the reopening of
the case in 2004, and efforts to memorialize Till. |
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