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Anti-Lynching Movement 1 [-]
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Lynching 1 [-]
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World War II 1 [-]
World War, 1939-1945 1 [-]
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Anderson, Marian 1 [-]
Carter, Robert L. 1 [-]
City of Atlanta 1 [-]
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Hill, Oliver White 1 [-]
Houston, Charles Hamilton 1 [-]
Howard University 1 [-]
Howard University School of Law 1 [-]
Lincoln University 1 [-]
Marshall, Thurgood 1 [-]
Moses, Robert Parris 1 [-]
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1 [-]
Perry, Matthew J. 1 [-]
South Carolina State University 1 [-]
Sullivan, Patricia A. 1 [-]
United States Army 1 [-]
Virginia State University 1 [-]
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oral histories 1 [-]
Columbia 1 [-]
Essex County 1 [-]
New Jersey 1 [-]
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name:"NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc."
Robert L. Carter Oral History Interview
Carter, Robert L., American, 1917 - 2012
Dr. Sullivan, Patricia A., born 1950
Lincoln University, American, founded 1866
Howard University School of Law, American, founded 1869
Columbia University, American, founded 1754
Anderson, Marian, American, 1897 - 1993
United States Army, American, founded 1775
The oral history consists of three digital files 2011.174.1.1a, 2011.174.1.1b, 2011.174.1.1c. There is also a transcript of the interview 2011.174.1.2.
A digital oral history interview with Robert L. Carter that recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memorial and his service in the segregated army during World War II. He recounts his career as a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, including the Brown v. Board of Education case and other legal cases that ended segregation.
178848.05 MB
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
2011.174.1.1abc
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5209a9696-b777-4481-9651-9db2f7e3dade
Oliver W. Hill, Jr. Oral History Interview
Dr. Hill, Oliver White Jr., American, born 1949
Hill, Oliver White Sr., American, 1907 - 2007
Howard University, American, founded 1867
Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993
Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
Moses, Robert Parris, American, born 1935
Algebra Project, American, founded 1982
The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.102.1a, 2011.174.102.1b, 2011.174.102.1c, 2011.174.102.1d, and 2011.174.102.1e.
Oliver W. Hill, Jr., Ph.D. discusses his father, civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill. He explains his father's childhood and education in Roanoke, Virginia, how he ended up at Howard University in the 1920s, where he was in the same class as Justice Thurgood Marshall and studied law under Charles Hamilton Houston. In the 1930s Oliver Hill, Sr. reunited with both of them to work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which was focused on challenging segregation laws. Hill, Jr. describes his own experience as a black student integrating a white school in Richmond, Virginia, attending Howard University, becoming a psychology professor at Virginia State University, and working with Bob Moses on the Algebra Project. He also discusses the education of African American children, school reform, and student testing.
Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
2011.174.102.1a-e
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5547f2f49-dc55-4370-8bd8-e63f7be34a24
The Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Oral History Interview
Honorable Perry, Matthew J. Jr., American, 1921 - 2011
South Carolina State University, American, founded 1896
The oral history consists of three digital files: 2011.174.24.1a, 2011.174.24.1b, and 2011.174.24.1c.
The Hon. Matthew J. Perry, Jr. [August 3, 1921-July 29, 2011] (At the time of the interview, he was still hearing cases for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, after taking senior status in 1995.) recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and his admiration for the African American lawyers who mentored him.
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
2011.174.24.1abc
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55b127805-76ef-416f-9a3a-3b5c31cb1fef
Pinback button for N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund anti-lynching campaign
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
metal, plastic and ink on paper
Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
A blue and white circular pinback button. The top half reads "STOP LYNCHING" in white on blue background; the lower half reads "N.A.A.C.P. / LEGAL DEFENSE FUND" in blue on a white background.
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Anti-Lynching Movement
buttons (information artifacts)
Politics (Practical)
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
2011.159.3.12
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cd945f97-57fc-4ca9-ba0c-011fd59a972a