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11 records found where subject: African Americans -- Economic conditions. 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 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]

3 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]

4 Interview with Clarie Collins Harvey
Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren
Interviewee(s): Clarie Collins Harvey
Recording Date: Feb. 9 [1964]
Abstract (snippet):
Harvey speaks extensively about her personal history, her family background, and her influences in social consciousness. These include her father's NAACP work, her membership in a Youth Council, her involvement with the YWCA at Spelman College, and ... [more]

5 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]

6 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]

7 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]

8 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]

9 Interview with Montgomery King
Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren
Interviewee(s): Montgomery King
Recording Date: Feb. 5 [1964]
Abstract (snippet):
King attributes the timing of the rise of the "Negro revolution" (Warren's term) to the ongoing migration from rural areas to cities, rising difficulty in finding jobs, and a lack of economic stability and home ownership. He discusses disadvantages ... [more]

10 Interview with Ralph Ellison
Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren
Interviewee(s): Ralph Ellison
Recording Date: Feb. 25 [1964]
Abstract (snippet):
Ellison believes that a black person's experience is determined by the region in which it takes place. This is why he believes it is no accident many of the civil rights leaders are from the South. What a man learns from how he grows up affects how h... [more]

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