<I>Simeon Booker and Moses Newson Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 13, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Simeon Booker, American, 1918 - 2017
label: Interview of
content: Moses James Newson, American, born 1927
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Tri-State Defender, American, founded 1951
label: Subject of
content: Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.31.1a, 2011.174.31.1b, 2011.174.31.1c, 2011.174.31.1d, 2011.174.31.1e, 2011.174.31.1f, and 2011.174.31.1g.
label: Description
content: Simeon Booker and Moses Newson recall their early careers in journalism at several African American newspapers. Newson remembers covering school desegregation cases in Clinton, Tennessee and Hoxie, Arkansas, for the Memphis Tri-State Defender. Booker discusses covering the Emmett Till murder and the integration of Little Rock High School for Jet. They both remember covering the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0031
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Little Rock, Oulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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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: Freedom Riders
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: 2011.174.31.1a-g
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: 1 hr., 32 min., 24 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 154.32 GB