- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Williams, Cecil J., American, born 1937
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- President Kennedy, John F., American, 1917 - 1963
- Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993
- Briggs, Harry Jr., American, 1941 - 2016
- Elliott, R. M., American
- Date
- June 9, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1 hr., 56 min., 47 sec.
- Total: 190.38 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.26.1a, 2011.174.26.1b, 2011.174.26.1c, 2011.174.26.1d, and 2011.174.26.1e.
- Cecil J. Williams remembers his childhood in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and starting his career as a photographer for several African American publications in his teens. He remembers photographing President Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, and other civil rights leaders. He also discusses the Briggs v. Elliot school desegregation case, and his photographs of the Orangeburg Massacre.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0026
- Place collected
- Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- 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
- 2011.174.26.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




