Marc Steiner Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Interview of
- Steiner, Marc B., American, born 1946
- Interviewed by
- Navies, Kelly Elaine, American
- Recorded by
- Moir, Kim, American
- Subject of
- Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
- Richardson, Gloria St. Clair Hayes, American, 1922 - 2021
- Boy Scouts of America, American, founded 1910
- Young Patriots Organization, American, 1968 - 1973
- Date
- August 2, 2017
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:39:20
- 22.24 GB
- Description
- An oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.2.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews.
- In this interview, radio host and activist Marc Steiner discusses his early life and activism; his experience of the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968; and his career as a theater educator and radio host in Baltimore.
- Steiner begins the interview by discussing his upbring and family life in Baltimore. Through this discussion, Steiner reflects on the experiences and relationships that both activated his racial consciousness and led him become involved in Civil Rights Movement. Steiner also speaks about the influence of his time at the Stockbridge School, an alternative school in Massachusetts that was both international and multiracial. Steiner then talks about how he became involved with the Young Patriots and turns to a discussion of his experience at Resurrection City during the Poor People’s Campaign.
- Steiner then speaks about his life and career in Baltimore after the Poor People’s Campaign. He discusses his passion for theater and talks about his work with a diversion program that exposed young people to acting as well as a theater program for incarcerated youth. He also discusses his years as a theater teacher before going on to talk about his career in radio. Steiner concludes the interview by discussing some of his future projects and by reflecting on the current political moment.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Poor People’s Campaign Oral Histories
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Poor People's Campaign
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Black power
- Civil rights
- Humanitarianism
- Justice
- Labor
- Politics
- Poverty
- Race relations
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.78.2.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.