Interview with Alex Haley conducted for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on Malcolm X's life and death, and the Nation of Islam, while writing "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," as well as how his book "Roots" grew out of family stories he had heard as a boy. Interview also appeared in...Show full record
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Blue, Carroll Parrott
Publisher:
Blackside, Inc., Washington University in St. Louis
Interview with Craig Rains conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion focused on the integration crisis at Central High School in Little Rock, where Rains was a student.
Subject:
OralHistory--UnitedStates
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Blackside, Inc., Vecchione, Judith
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar conducted for Black Champions. Discussion centers on his playing basketball at the college and NBA level, including the importance of education for student athletes.