- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Saunders, William, American, born 1935
- Interviewed by
- Taylor, Kieran Walsh
- Subject of
- Jenkins, Esau, American, 1910 - 1972
- Highlander Folk School, American
- Charleston Hospital Workers Movement, American, 1968 - 1969
- Date
- June 9, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1 hr., 43 min.
- Total: 133.04 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.27.1a, 2011.174.27.1b, 2011.174.27.1c, and 2011.174.27.1d.
- William Saunders remembers his childhood on Johns Island, South Carolina, and working with Esau Jenkins, a local civil rights leader. He recalls serving in the army during the Korean War, attending the Highlander Folk School, and working at a mattress factory. He also discusses founding the Lowcountry Newsletter, helping the workers in the Charleston Hospital Strike of 1969, and running unsuccessfully for the state senate.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0027
- Place collected
- Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Johns Island, Charleston%2BCounty%22&op=Search">Charleston County, South Carolina, 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
- Civil rights
- Education
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Labor
- Mass media
- Politics
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- 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
- 2011.174.27.1a-d
- 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.