Interview with both Amzie Moore and J.W. Kellum conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the murder of Emmett TIll and subsequent trial of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Hampton, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with John McLaurin, Sr. conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the University of Mississippi refusing to admit James Meredith.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview of the Reverend Ralph Abernathy conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and Rev. Abernathy's time working with Dr. Martin Luther King in SCLC.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Crossley, Callie
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Victoria Gray Adams conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on voter registration in Mississippi, the Council of Federated Organizations, Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's challenge to the official (segregated) Democratic Party of...Show full record
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with James Bash conducted for Eyes on the prize. Discussion centers on his days as a school principal in Farmville, in Prince Edward County, Virginia and the decision by segregationists to close the schools in response to the Brown desegregation ruling.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Judge Charles Clark conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the James Meredith case and Clark's arguments in federal court on behalf of the University of Mississippi. He further discusses Judge John Minor Wisdom, Judge Constance Baker Motley and Governor Ross...Show full record
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with William T. Coleman conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Brown v. Board of Education case, Thurgood Marshall, Earl Warren, and the activities of the NAACP legal team.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Hampton, Henry, Richardson, Judy
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with William Bradford Huie conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centeres on the Emmett Till case and his interviews with J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, who confessed to Huie that they murdered Till. Huie also discusses James Earl...Show full record
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Hampton, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with former Governor John Patterson conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on his serving as governor of Alabama and his reaction to various civil rights movements, particularly the Freedom Rides.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Arndt, Prudence
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with E.D. (Edgar Daniel) Nixon conducted for America They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Johnson, Henry
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.