<I>Edward Theodore Taylor Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 18, 2016
name: label: Created by
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
label: Recorded by
content: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
label: Interview of
content: Edward Theodore Taylor, American, 1932 - 2020
label: Interviewed by
content: Kelly Elaine Navies, American
label: Subject of
content: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of 2016.129.6.1a and 2016.129.6.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
label: Description
content: Edward Taylor was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Taylor donated a photograph of himself that was taken in Korea during the Korean War to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was 19 years old at the time the photograph was taken.
label: Description
content: Edward Taylor vividly recounts his childhood in the segregated world of Maryland’s eastern shore, including a particularly tragic incident involving racial violence. He continues on to tell the story of his experience as a combat infantryman during the Korean War, after the US military had been recently integrated. This story includes the tale of how he earned two Purple Hearts. Later, after he returns to the United States, he recounts a racial incident that lead him to discard his Purple Hearts in the Chesapeake Bay. The last part of the interview is devoted to his role as a pioneering educator in the desegregation of the public schools in Wicomico County, Maryland.
place: label: Place collected
content: Randallstown, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Korean War, 1950-1953
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Museums
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Collection Donor Oral History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.129.6.1a-.2a
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
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (2016.129.6.1a): 95.93 min.
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (2016.129.6.2a): 92.93 min.
label: Dimensions
content: 152.85 GB