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  • Robert Bagner Hayling, D.D Oral History Interview

    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
    Date
    September 14, 2011
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:54:48
    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
    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
    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
    Hate crimes
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Medicine
    Military
    Race discrimination
    Social reform
    White supremacy movements
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50961b17f-bd67-423b-bad3-defad7ce41bb
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