<I>Robert L. Carter Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: October 22, 2010
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Robert L. Carter, American, 1917 - 2012
label: Interviewed by
content: Dr. Patricia A. Sullivan, born 1950
label: Subject of
content: Lincoln University, American, founded 1866
label: Subject of
content: Howard University School of Law, American, founded 1869
label: Subject of
content: Columbia University, American, founded 1754
label: Subject of
content: Marian Anderson, American, 1897 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
label: Subject of
content: Board of Education of Topeka, American
label: Subject of
content: Oliver L. Brown, American, 1918 - 1961
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of three digital files 2011.174.1.1a, 2011.174.1.1b, 2011.174.1.1c. There is also a transcript of the interview 2011.174.1.2.
label: Description
content: A digital oral history interview with Robert L. Carter that recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memorial and his service in the segregated army during World War II. He recounts his career as a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, including the Brown v. Board of Education case and other legal cases that ended segregation.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0001
label: Description
content: 178848.05 MB
place: label: Place collected
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
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
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: 2011.174.1.1abc
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: 3 hr., 5 min., 50 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 275.99 GB