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Alfred Moldovan, MD Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Moldovan, Alfred MD, American, born 1921
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: United States Air Force, American, founded 1947; Medical Committee for Human Rights, American, founded 1964

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 00:58:31

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 19, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.36.1a, 2011.174.36.1b, 2011.174.36.1c, and 2011.174.36.1d.; Alfred Moldovan, MD remembers growing up in the Bronx and the influence of his parents, who were Jewish Hungarian immigrants. He recalls serving in the air force as a radio repairman during World War II and later attending medical school. He discusses founding the Medical Committee for Human Rights and traveling to the South to assist injured civil rights activists at events such as the Selma to Montgomery March.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0036

Topic: African American; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Education; Families; Medicine; Military; Race relations; United States--History--1961-1969; World War II

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.36.1a-d

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Dr. H. Jack Geiger. Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Dr. Geiger, H. Jack, American, born 1926
Interviewed by: Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
Subject of: Medical Committee for Human Rights, American, founded 1964; Lee, Canada, American, 1907 - 1952; University of Wisconsin-Madison, American, founded 1848; United States Merchant Marine, American, founded 1775; Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942; American Veterans Committee, American, 1943 - 2008; Case Western Reserve University, American, founded 1826; Tufts-Delta Health Center, American, founded 1965

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 03:31:47

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America; South Africa, Africa

Date: March 16, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.76.1a, 2011.174.76.1b, 2011.174.76.1c, 2011.174.76.1d, 2011.174.76.1e, 2011.174.76.1f, 2011.174.76.1g, and 2011.174.76.1h, 2011.174.76.1i, and 2011.174.76.1j.; Dr. Jack Geiger, (MD, MSciHyg) discusses his early life experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a mentor in actor Canada Lee, his college experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his time as a U.S. Merchant Marine. He discusses his involvement in the Congress of Racial Equality and the American Veterans Committee in Chicago during the late 1940s. While attending medical school at Case Western Reserve University, Geiger's interest in community-centered health grew, especially after a trip to South Africa. He eventually volunteered as a medical professional in Mississippi, where he helped to establish the Tufts-Delta Health Center in 1965.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0076

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Education; Entertainers; Medicine; Military; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.76.1a-j

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Flyer advertising Health in Zimbabwe program

Created by: ZANU Solidarity Committee, American; Medical Committee for Human Rights, American, founded 1964
Subject of: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987; Ushewokunze, Herbert, Zimbabwean

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: fliers (printed matter)

Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa

Date: May 5, 1978

Description: This flyer advertises a Health in Zimbabwe program in New York City. The flyer is white with black text and features a photograph of malnourished people in the top right corner. The title is typed next to the photograph and reads: [HEALTH IN / ZIMBABWE / (RHODESHIA) / LIBERATION / STRUGGLE]. In the center of the page, is information that DR. H. Ushewokunze, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) Health Secretary will be speaking on the ZANU health system and a new film on Zimbabwean refugees will be screened. The location and date information are typed at the bottom: [Celebrate the 12th Anniversary of CHIMURENGA / SPONSORS: ZANU Solidarity Committee, Medical Committee for Human Rights / ENDORSERS: Fightback-Harlem, Guardian, Black American Law Students Association]. The back of the flyer is blank except for handwritten text in the bottom left corner that reads: [1978].

Topic: African American; Activism; Africa; Black power; Film; Health; International affairs

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2015.97.27.50

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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