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Robert L. Carter Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Carter, Robert L., American, 1917 - 2012
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Sullivan, Patricia A., born 1950
- Subject of
- Lincoln University, American, founded 1866
- Howard University School of Law, American, founded 1869
- Columbia University, American, founded 1754
- Anderson, Marian, American, 1897 - 1993
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
- Board of Education of Topeka, American
- Brown, Oliver L., American, 1918 - 1961
- Date
- October 22, 2010
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 03:05:50
- Description
- The oral history consists of three digital files 2011.174.1.1a, 2011.174.1.1b, 2011.174.1.1c. There is also a transcript of the interview 2011.174.1.2.
- A digital oral history interview with Robert L. Carter that 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.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0001
- 178848.05 MB
- Place collected
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Justice
- Law
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- 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
- 2011.174.1.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Oliver W. Hill, Jr. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Dr. Hill, Oliver White Jr., American, born 1949
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Hill, Oliver White Sr., American, 1907 - 2007
- Howard University, American, founded 1867
- Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993
- Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
- Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
- Moses, Robert Parris, American, born 1935
- Algebra Project, American, founded 1982
- Date
- August 17, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:13:30
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.102.1a, 2011.174.102.1b, 2011.174.102.1c, 2011.174.102.1d, and 2011.174.102.1e.
- Oliver W. Hill, Jr., Ph.D. discusses his father, civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill. He explains his father's childhood and education in Roanoke, Virginia, how he ended up at Howard University in the 1920s, where he was in the same class as Justice Thurgood Marshall and studied law under Charles Hamilton Houston. In the 1930s Oliver Hill, Sr. reunited with both of them to work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which was focused on challenging segregation laws. Hill, Jr. describes his own experience as a black student integrating a white school in Richmond, Virginia, attending Howard University, becoming a psychology professor at Virginia State University, and working with Bob Moses on the Algebra Project. He also discusses the education of African American children, school reform, and student testing.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0102
- Place collected
- Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Law
- Political organizations
- Segregation
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- 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
- 2011.174.102.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Jack Greenberg, J.D. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Greenberg, Jack J.D., American, 1924 - 2016
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Columbia Law School, American, founded 1858
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
- Brown, Oliver L., American, 1918 - 1961
- Board of Education of Topeka, American
- Coke, H.D., American
- City of Atlanta, American, founded 1837
- Swann, James, American
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, American, founded 1960
- Griggs, Willie, American
- Duke Energy, American, founded 1904
- Date
- July 18, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:47:20
- Description
- The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.34.1a, 2011.174.34.1b, 2011.174.34.1c, 2011.174.34.1d, 2011.174.34.1e, 2011.174.34.1f, 2011.174.34.1g, 2011.174.34.1h, and 2011.174.34.1i.
- Jack Greenberg, J.D. remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other civil rights cases, such as Coke v. City of Atlanta, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and Griggs v. Duke Power.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0034
- Place collected
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Justice
- Law
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- 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
- 2011.174.34.1a-i
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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The Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Honorable Perry, Matthew J. Jr., American, 1921 - 2011
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- South Carolina State University, American, founded 1896
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
- Date
- June 7, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:55:52
- Description
- The oral history consists of three digital files: 2011.174.24.1a, 2011.174.24.1b, and 2011.174.24.1c.
- The Hon. Matthew J. Perry, Jr. [August 3, 1921-July 29, 2011] (At the time of the interview, he was still hearing cases for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, after taking senior status in 1995.) recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and his admiration for the African American lawyers who mentored him.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0024
- Place collected
- Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Topic
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil Rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Law
- Military
- Race discrimination
- Social reform
- 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
- 2011.174.24.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Pinback button for N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund anti-lynching campaign
- Created by
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Subject of
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
- Date
- 1940s
- Medium
- metal, plastic and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
- Description
- A blue and white circular pinback button. The top half reads "STOP LYNCHING" in white on blue background; the lower half reads "N.A.A.C.P. / LEGAL DEFENSE FUND" in blue on a white background.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Anti-Lynching Movement
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Object number
- 2011.159.3.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible