Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Bassett, Emmett W. Ph. D., American, 1921 - 2013
- Tietjen Bassett, Priscilla, American, born 1928
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Smith College, American, founded 1871
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Carver, George Washington, American, 1860s - 1943
- Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
- Till-Mobley, Mamie, American, 1921 - 2003
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Date
- July 21, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 2 hr., 10 min., 53 sec.
- Total: 218.18 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.38.1a, 2011.174.38.1b, 2011.174.38.1c, 2011.174.38.1d, 2011.174.38.1e, 2011.174.38.1f, 2011.174.38.1g, 2011.174.38.1h, 2011.174.38.1i, and 2011.174.38.1j.
- Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending Tuskegee Institute, where he assisted George Washington Carver with research. They tell how they met at a protest of a segregated restaurant in Massachusetts, raising money for Emmett Till's mother, their involvement in many civil rights groups in New York, and attending the March on Washington. They also discuss Dr. Bassett’s career as a professor of dairy science, Mrs. Bassett's career as a librarian, and their struggles as an interracial married couple.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0038
- Place collected
- Grahamsville, Sullivan County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Henry County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- Civil rights
- Domestic life
- Education
- Families
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Labor
- Race relations
- Science
- Segregation
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- World War II
- 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
- 2011.174.38.1a-j
- 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.