Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Booker, Simeon, American, 1918 - 2017

Newson, Moses James, American, born 1927

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Tri-State Defender, American, founded 1951

Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955

Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927

Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:32:24

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Little Rock, Oulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Date

July 13, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.31.1a, 2011.174.31.1b, 2011.174.31.1c, 2011.174.31.1d, 2011.174.31.1e, 2011.174.31.1f, and 2011.174.31.1g.

Simeon Booker and Moses Newson recall their early careers in journalism at several African American newspapers. Newson remembers covering school desegregation cases in Clinton, Tennessee and Hoxie, Arkansas, for the Memphis Tri-State Defender. Booker discusses covering the Emmett Till murder and the integration of Little Rock High School for Jet. They both remember covering the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0031

Topic

African American

American South

Civil rights

Education

Justice

Law

Mass media

Segregation

Social reform

United States--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

2011.174.31.1a-g

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