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  • John and Jean Rosenburg Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Rosenburg, John J. D., born 1931
    Rosenburg, Jean, American
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    Quakers, English, founded c. 1650
    National Socialist German Workers' Party, German, 1920 - 1945
    Wilmington College, American, founded 1870
    United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, American, founded 1957
    Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908
    Duke University, American, founded 1838
    United States Air Force, American, founded 1947
    University of North Carolina School of Law, American, founded 1845
    Doar, John Andrew, American, 1921 - 2014
    Turnbow, Hartman, American, 1905 - 1988
    Voting Rights Act, American, founded 1965
    Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, American, founded 2002
    Date
    August 15, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:36:57
    Description
    The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.100.1a, 2011.174.100.1b, 2011.174.100.1c, 2011.174.100.1d, 2011.174.100.1e, 2011.174.100.1f, 2011.174.100.1g, 2011.174.100.1h, 2011.174.100.1i, and 2011.174.100.1j.
    Jean and John Rosenberg, J. D. begin this interview with recollections of their families' backgrounds. Jean learned about social issues as she was raised by a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and John's family fled Germany under threat from the Nazis. Jean attended Wilmington College and became a research analyst for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. John grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where FBI agents kept tabs on his family, attended Duke University, served in the Air Force, and attended the University of North Carolina School of Law. He became an attorney with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, which became effective after reorganization by John Doar. Much of this interview concerns Jean and John's work with the Civil Rights Division, including support for voter registration efforts in Georgia and Alabama, the investigation of the Hartman Turnbow case, in which a black activist was arrested for an arson attempt on his own home, and an effort to address a murder in Mississippi. John also addresses the effects of the Voting Rights Act in the South, the role of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division in relation to the FBI and local law enforcement, and a variety of other cases and issues he dealt with. After retirement, the Rosenbergs founded the Appalachian Citizens Law Center.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0100
    Place collected
    Prestonburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Germany, Europe
    Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Mississippi, 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
    Law
    Military
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    U.S. History, 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
    2011.174.100.1a-j
    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/fd58950827d-d062-433f-b281-3f5890b3c305
  • Jeannine Smith Clark Oral History Interview

    Created by
    National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
    Interview of
    Clark, Jeannine Smith, American, 1928 - 2018
    Interviewed by
    Navies, Kelly Elaine, American
    Recorded by
    Moir, Kim, American
    Subject of
    Smithsonian Institution, American, founded 1846
    Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
    Dunbar High School, American, founded 1870
    Howard University, American, founded 1867
    Anacostia Community Museum, American, founded 1967
    National Museum of Natural History, American, founded 1910
    Kinard, John, American, 1936 - 1989
    Brown, Claudine K., American, 1949 - 2016
    Asbury United Methodist Church, American, founded 1836
    Date
    2018
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 85 minutes (5100 seconds)
    Description
    An oral history interview of Smithsonian volunteer and Regent Jeannine Smith Clark, conducted on August 7, 2018 by Kelly Elaine Navies. The interview consists of one digital MOV video file captured on Canon 300, with a duration of 1:25:08. The file is 7.4 GB.
    In this interview, Ms. Clark discusses her life and work in Washington, DC, as well as her storied family history. The first part of the interview covers her early family life and education in Washington, DC. Her family has been in Washington, DC at least since the early 19th century. Her parents were the activist and business couple John Archibald and Lorena Jackson Smith. Clark attended DC’s historically prestigious Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, and later Howard University, where she met her husband, Charles Howell Clark, MD. She describes their meeting in this interview.
    The second half of the of the interview covers her various roles at the Smithsonian from being one of the very first African American docents when she started in 1968 in the midst of the Poor People’s Campaign, to being the first African American woman appointed to the Board of Regents. She also discusses being the Chair of the Women’s Committee and a founding member of the Cultural Education Committee. Towards the end of the interview, Ms. Clark reflects on the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Finally, Ms. Clark was in failing health during the interview and knew that she would be leaving this life soon. She passed away one day before her 90 birthday on October 4, 2018.
    Place depicted
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Germany, Europe
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    African American - Latinx Solidarity
    Poor People's Campaign
    Type
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    Africa
    Education
    Families
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Local and regional
    Museums
    Women
    World War II
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2018.109
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5565bc339-13bd-4b36-aeb8-6c6a8b95ca66
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