Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Hayling, Robert Bagner D.D., American, 1929 - 2015

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

United States Air Force, American, founded 1947

Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, American, founded 1884

NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936

Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:54:48

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date

September 14, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.48.1a, 2011.174.48.1b, 2011.174.48.1c, 2011.174.48.1d, 2011.174.48.1e, and 2011.174.48.1f.

Robert Hayling, D.D recalls serving in the air force during World War II, attending the Meharry Dental School, and participating in civil rights protests in Nashville, Tennessee. He remembers starting his dental practice in St. Augustine, Florida, leading the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and the exclusion of African Americans from St. Augustine's 400th anniversary celebration, and being attacked by the Ku Klux Klan. He also discusses resigning from the NAACP, the support of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for local protests, and his move to Cocoa, Florida.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0048

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Hate crimes

Medicine

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

2011.174.48.1a-f

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