<I>William S. Leventhal Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 13, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: William S. Leventhal, American, born 1946
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
label: Subject of
content: Summer Community Organization and Political Education, American, founded 1965
label: Subject of
content: Major League Baseball, American, founded 1869
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.82.1a, 2011.174.82.1b, 2011.174.82.1c, 2011.174.82.1d, 2011.174.82.1e, 2011.174.82.1f, 2011.174.82.1g, and 2011.174.82.1h.
label: Description
content: Willy Siegel Leventhal discusses his childhood in California, his experiences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1960s, and his involvement in the Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project (SCOPE). Leventhal describes what it was like to be a Jewish child in a mostly Catholic community and how his childhood experiences informed his later activism and identity. Baseball was especially important to him, as he witnessed the first Jewish and African American ballplayers desegregate the Major Leagues. Leventhal became active in SCOPE during his first year at UCLA, after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visited campus to recruit students. Leventhal describes the SCOPE training in Atlanta, and he shares his memories of living and working in Macon and Americus, Georgia.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0082
place: label: Place collected
content: El Segundo, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Judaism
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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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: 2011.174.82.1a-h
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., 2 min., 18 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 302.54 GB