<I>The Rev. Dr. Harry Blake Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: October 3, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Reverend Doctor Harry Blake, American, born 1934
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Bishop College, American, 1881 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Mount Canaan Baptist Church, American, founded 1894
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.107.1a, 2011.174.107.1b, 2011.174.107.1c, and 2011.174.107.1d.
label: Description
content: The Reverend Doctor Harry Blake discusses his childhood on a plantation in Louisiana in the 1930s and 1940s and how he became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Shreveport, Louisiana. Blake joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1960 after he heard Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., give a speech at Bishop College in Texas, where he was a student. Blake discusses his pastorate at Mount Canaan Baptist Church in Shreveport, how he came to develop a good relationship with local politicians, and the work he continues to do within the context of the civil rights struggle.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0107
place: label: Place collected
content: Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1933-1945
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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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: 2011.174.107.1a-d
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., 10 min., 22 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 117.24 MB