- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Bates, Scott Ph. D., American, 1923 - 2013
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Highlander Folk School, American
- Horton, Myles Falls, American, 1905 - 1990
- Date
- June 20, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1 hr., 37 min., 16 sec.
- Total: 165 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.91.1a, 2011.174.91.1b, 2011.174.91.1c, 2011.174.91.1d, 2011.174.91.1e, 2011.174.91.1f, and 2011.174.91.1g.
- Scott Bates, Ph. D. describes his career as an educator and civil rights supporter in Sewanee, Tennessee. He discusses his memories of race relations on U.S. Army bases during World War II, and he describes how he moved from the Midwest to Sewanee, Tennessee to become a college instructor of French. Once in Sewanee, Bates soon learned about the Highlander Folk School, where he attended civil rights meetings, spent time with Myles Horton, and served on the board.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0091
- Place collected
- Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee, 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
- Military
- Race relations
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- 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
- 2011.174.91.1a-g
- 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.