Who Speaks for the Negro, Heard Library, Vanderbilt University


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14 records found where subject: African American leadership. showing records 1 - 10.

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1	Interview with Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Recording Date: [1964]	Abstract (snippet): Powell discusses in detail the state of organization, strategies, and prospects of the civil rights movement, as well as its leadership. Throughout the interview Powell refers to his own work--his civil rights activism in the 1930s as well as his le... [more]

2	Interview with Bayard Rustin Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Bayard Rustin Recording Date: 1964 (probably later than most interviews)	Abstract (snippet): Rustin expounds at length on strategies for the civil rights movement and the advancement of African Americans in general. He favors integration over separatism and believes that identity is found in struggle, not culture. He believes that the Afri... [more]

3	Interview with Carl T. Rowan Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Carl T. Rowan Recording Date: May 14, 1964	Abstract (snippet): Carl Rowan provides his views on a number of aspects of the civil rights movement. Rowan believes that the traditional black leadership organizations are not dead, and that there is a need for associations that will look out for the legal aspects of ... [more]

4	Interview with Dan W. Dodson Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Dan W. Dodson Recording Date: Apr. 8, 1964	Abstract (snippet): Dodson discusses efforts to end de facto segregation of public schools, primarily in New York City. He talks about the philosophy behind this effort, and describes de facto segregation as a failure to educate adequately, not only as a civil rights i... [more]

5	Interview with Jackson State College students Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Jackson State College students Recording Date: Feb. 12 [1964]	Abstract (snippet): Students discuss how race discrimination is exercised differently in the North and the South, and the relative difficulties of fighting it in each section. Warren quotes James Baldwin to the effect that there will be no solution in the South until t... [more]

6	Interview with James Baldwin Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): James Baldwin Recording Date: Apr. 27, 1964	Abstract (snippet): In this interview, Baldwin discusses various aspects of the civil rights movements including many of the African American leaders that emerged, some particular demonstrations as well as the differences he sees between the North and the South. He also... [more]

7	Interview with James Farmer, Jr. Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): James Farmer, Jr. Recording Date: June 11, 1964	Abstract (snippet): In this interview, Farmer describes his involvement in the founding of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the group's emphasis on nonviolent direct action. He states that he believes most black men and women are simply concerned with getting ... [more]

8	Interview with Kelly Miller Smith Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Kelly Miller Smith Recording Date: Feb. 13 [1964]	Abstract (snippet): Smith begins with a brief personal history, then gives a detailed account of nonviolence training in Nashville and the sit-ins to which it led. He describes how students came to be a part of this movement, as well as Vanderbilt Divinity School stude... [more]

9	Interview with Malcolm X Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Malcolm X Recording Date: June 2, 1964	Abstract (snippet): In this interview, Malcolm X recalls his conversion to Islam while he was in prison. He states that he feels that the Muslim religion is the best religion for the black man. Malcolm X provides his opinions on the civil rights movement and the oppress... [more]

10	Interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Martin Luther King, Jr. Recording Date: Mar. 18, 1964	Abstract (snippet): King talks about the continuity between his and his father's work as civil rights activists, and points to his formal training in nonviolence as a difference. He discusses the "next phase" that will follow the civil rights "phase" for African Americ... [more]

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