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3 records found where subject: African Americans -- Historiography. showing records 1 - 3.
| 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 William Hastie
Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): William Hastie Recording Date: Apr. 20 [1964] |
Abstract (snippet): Hastie discusses the concept of the civil rights movement as a "revolution" in various senses, noting that it is not (to most) a break from an existing legal structure, but a matter of rapid social change. He addresses various topics regarding the m... [more] |
| 3 | Interview with Wyatt Tee Walker
Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Wyatt Tee Walker Recording Date: Mar. 18, 1964 |
Abstract (snippet): This interview focuses on Walker's involvement in the civil rights movement. Walker discusses how advances in communication technology along with the Second World War has helped black Americans to realize the problems in their communities and has pus... [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