Mildred Pitts Walter Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Walter, Mildred Pitts, born 1922
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
- Walter, Earl, American, died 1965
- Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:31:20
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- San Mateo, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Soviet Union, Europe
- Date
- March 1, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.59.1a, 2011.174.59.1b, 2011.174.59.1c, 2011.174.59.1d, and 2011.174.59.1e.
- Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a clerk in the LA school district while getting her teaching credentials. She also discusses her career writing over 20 books for children, her work with a national association of nurses to develop culturally sensitive training, marching in the Soviet Union for peace, her ideas about civil rights and human rights.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0059
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- Housing
- Humanitarianism
- International affairs
- Medicine
- Social reform
- United States--History--1945-1953
- United States--History--1953-1961
- United States--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
- 2011.174.59.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- See more items in
- 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
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Walter, Mildred Pitts, born 1922
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
- Walter, Earl, American, died 1965
- Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:31:20
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- San Mateo, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Soviet Union, Europe
- Date
- March 1, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.59.1a, 2011.174.59.1b, 2011.174.59.1c, 2011.174.59.1d, and 2011.174.59.1e.
- Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a clerk in the LA school district while getting her teaching credentials. She also discusses her career writing over 20 books for children, her work with a national association of nurses to develop culturally sensitive training, marching in the Soviet Union for peace, her ideas about civil rights and human rights.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0059
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- Housing
- Humanitarianism
- International affairs
- Medicine
- Social reform
- United States--History--1945-1953
- United States--History--1953-1961
- United States--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
- 2011.174.59.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- See more items in
- 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
NOTE: Cataloging is an ongoing process and we may update this record as we conduct additional research and review. If you have more information about this object, please contact us at NMAAHCDigiTeam@si.edu.