<I>Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 21, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Emmett W. Bassett Ph. D., American, 1921 - 2013
label: Interview of
content: Priscilla Tietjen Bassett, American, born 1928
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Smith College, American, founded 1871
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
label: Subject of
content: George Washington Carver, American, 1860s - 1943
label: Subject of
content: Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Mamie Till-Mobley, American, 1921 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.38.1a, 2011.174.38.1b, 2011.174.38.1c, 2011.174.38.1d, 2011.174.38.1e, 2011.174.38.1f, 2011.174.38.1g, 2011.174.38.1h, 2011.174.38.1i, and 2011.174.38.1j.
label: Description
content: Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending Tuskegee Institute, where he assisted George Washington Carver with research. They tell how they met at a protest of a segregated restaurant in Massachusetts, raising money for Emmett Till's mother, their involvement in many civil rights groups in New York, and attending the March on Washington. They also discuss Dr. Bassett’s career as a professor of dairy science, Mrs. Bassett's career as a librarian, and their struggles as an interracial married couple.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0038
place: label: Place collected
content: Grahamsville, Sullivan County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Henry County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Science
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
label: Topic
content: World War II
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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
label: Movement
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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: 2011.174.38.1a-j
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: 2 hr., 10 min., 53 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 218.18 GB