<I>John and Jean Rosenburg Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 15, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: John Rosenburg J. D., born 1931
label: Interview of
content: Jean Rosenburg, American
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Wilmington College, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908
label: Subject of
content: Duke University, American, founded 1838
label: Subject of
content: United States Air Force, American, founded 1947
label: Subject of
content: University of North Carolina School of Law, American, founded 1845
label: Subject of
content: John Andrew Doar, American, 1921 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Hartman Turnbow, American, 1905 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Voting Rights Act, American, founded 1965
label: Subject of
content: Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, American, founded 2002
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.100.1a, 2011.174.100.1b, 2011.174.100.1c, 2011.174.100.1d, 2011.174.100.1e, 2011.174.100.1f, 2011.174.100.1g, 2011.174.100.1h, 2011.174.100.1i, and 2011.174.100.1j.
label: Description
content: Jean and John Rosenberg, J. D. begin this interview with recollections of their families' backgrounds. Jean learned about social issues as she was raised by a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and John's family fled Germany under threat from the Nazis. Jean attended Wilmington College and became a research analyst for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. John grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where FBI agents kept tabs on his family, attended Duke University, served in the Air Force, and attended the University of North Carolina School of Law. He became an attorney with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, which became effective after reorganization by John Doar. Much of this interview concerns Jean and John's work with the Civil Rights Division, including support for voter registration efforts in Georgia and Alabama, the investigation of the Hartman Turnbow case, in which a black activist was arrested for an arson attempt on his own home, and an effort to address a murder in Mississippi. John also addresses the effects of the Voting Rights Act in the South, the role of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division in relation to the FBI and local law enforcement, and a variety of other cases and issues he dealt with. After retirement, the Rosenbergs founded the Appalachian Citizens Law Center.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0100
place: label: Place collected
content: Prestonburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Germany, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Mississippi, 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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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: 2011.174.100.1a-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., 36 min., 57 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 242.94 GB