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 Avon N. Williams, Jr. Interviewer: Robert Penn Warren Interviewee(s): Avon N. Williams, Jr. Recording Date: Feb. 13 or 14 [1964]	Abstract (snippet): Williams begins the interview by giving his educational background. He then discusses his internship training under Zephaniah Alexander Looby, a well-known and respected African American lawyer in Nashville. He admits that initially he didn’t want to... [more]
2	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]

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