Interview with Marian Wright Edelman conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on her work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy to bring attention to those living in poverty, particularly children. Topics also include meeting Malcolm X while at Yale Law School, ...Show full record
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Stekler, Paul Jeffrey, Hampton, Henry, Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Minnie Dunlap conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on Ms. Dunlap's experience with discrimination in housing, Rent strikes and landlord/tenant relations, which led to her involvement with Martin Luther King's Chicago Freedom Movement and the Gage Park Housing March.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Pollard, Sam
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Laverne Barkley conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on her son, Elliott James "L.D." Barkley who was one of the negotiators during the rebellion and civil unrest at Attica Prison and who was subsequently killed when the prison was retaken.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Rockefeller, Terry Kay, Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:
Blackside, Inc., Washington University in St. Louis