Freeman A. Hrabowski, Ph. D. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Hrabowski, Freeman A. Ph. D., American, born 1950
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963
- 16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873
- Hampton University, American, founded 1868
- Meyerhoff Scholars Program, American, founded 1988
- Date
- August 14, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1 hr., 17 min., 59 sec.
- Total: 129.37 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.32.1a, 2011.174.32.1b, 2011.174.32.1c, 2011.174.32.1d, 2011.174.32.1e, and 2011.174.32.1f.
- Freeman A. Hrabowski Ph. D. recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. He also discusses attending Hampton University and later starting the Meyerhoff Scholars Program for African American men studying math and science.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0032
- Place collected
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 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
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Baptist
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Men
- Religion
- Science
- 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
- 2011.174.32.1a-f
- 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.