<I>The Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 7, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Honorable Matthew J. Perry Jr., American, 1921 - 2011
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: South Carolina State University, American, founded 1896
label: Subject of
content: NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of three digital files: 2011.174.24.1a, 2011.174.24.1b, and 2011.174.24.1c.
label: Description
content: The Hon. Matthew J. Perry, Jr. [August 3, 1921-July 29, 2011] (At the time of the interview, he was still hearing cases for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, after taking senior status in 1995.) recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and his admiration for the African American lawyers who mentored him.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0024
place: label: Place collected
content: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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
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: 2011.174.24.1abc
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: 55 min., 52 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 92.43 GB