<I>Cecil J. Williams Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 9, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Cecil J. Williams, American, born 1937
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: Thurgood Marshall, American, 1908 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Harry Briggs Jr., American, 1941 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: R. M. Elliott, American
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.26.1a, 2011.174.26.1b, 2011.174.26.1c, 2011.174.26.1d, and 2011.174.26.1e.
label: Description
content: Cecil J. Williams remembers his childhood in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and starting his career as a photographer for several African American publications in his teens. He remembers photographing President Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, and other civil rights leaders. He also discusses the Briggs v. Elliot school desegregation case, and his photographs of the Orangeburg Massacre.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0026
place: label: Place collected
content: Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1945-1953
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.26.1a-e
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 1 hr., 56 min., 47 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 190.38 GB