An archival collection of interviews conducted for Robert Penn Warren's seminal book

Keyword:

By Interviewee By Name/Subject

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1	Interview with Andrew Young Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Andrew Young Recording Date: Mar. 17, 1964	Abstract (snippet): Andrew Young describes his early encounters with racism and growing up in New Orleans, Louisiana in a middle-class black family. He recalls that it struck him as odd that his parents and other middle-class blacks did not do more to help less fortunat... [more]
2	Interview with Lolis Elie, Nils Douglas and Robert Collins Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Robert Collins; Nils Douglas; Lolis Elie Recording Date: Feb. 2 and possibly 8 [1964]	Abstract (snippet): Elie discusses efforts to desegregate public facilities in New Orleans. He admits that there are some “powerful whites” working behind the scenes toward desegregation, but says that because they refuse to vocalize their views publicly, it has all com... [more]

Original materials (recordings) through the generous support of
the University of Kentucky and Yale University.
Some abstracts courtesy of the University of Kentucky.
Support from Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, Vanderbilt University