Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Lawrence, William R., American, 1922 - 2014

Interviewed by

Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969

Subject of

Norfolk and Western Railway, American, 1838 - 1997

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 00:45:09

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Norfolk, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Date

August 16, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.101.1a, 2011.174.101.1b, 2011.174.101.1c, and 2011.174.101.1d.

William Lawrence describes his long career with the Norfolk and Western Railway in Roanoke, Virginia. Lawrence was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1922 but grew up in Roanoke and worked for the railroad most of his adult life. He discusses conditions of labor, race relations at the workplace, and his experience working as a foreman.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0101

Topic

African American

American South

Civil rights

Labor

Race relations

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

2011.174.101.1a-d

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

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

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:13:30

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

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

Date

August 17, 2013

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

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Children

Civil rights

Education

Law

Political organizations

Segregation

Social reform

United States--History--1919-1933

United States--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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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture