<I>Mildred Pitts Walter Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 1, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Mildred Pitts Walter, born 1922
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
label: Subject of
content: Earl Walter, American, died 1965
label: Subject of
content: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.59.1a, 2011.174.59.1b, 2011.174.59.1c, 2011.174.59.1d, and 2011.174.59.1e.
label: Description
content: Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a clerk in the LA school district while getting her teaching credentials. She also discusses her career writing over 20 books for children, her work with a national association of nurses to develop culturally sensitive training, marching in the Soviet Union for peace, her ideas about civil rights and human rights.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0059
place: label: Place collected
content: San Mateo, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Soviet Union, Europe
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: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1945-1953
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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: 2011.174.59.1a-e
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., 31 min., 20 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 139.89 GB