- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Robert J. Brown oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in High Point, North Carolina, 2013-10-01
- Date of Original:
- 2013-10-01
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
African American police--Interviews
African Americans--Employment
Discrimination in employment--United States
African American businesspeople--Interviews
F.W. Woolworth Company
B&C Associates, Inc - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Davidson County, 35.79328, -80.21269
United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, 36.07945, -79.78901
United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, High Point, 35.95569, -80.00532
United States, North Carolina, Randolph County, 35.71033, -79.80616 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Description:
- Robert Brown describes his childhood in High Point, North Carolina, the poverty and segregation that defined his childhood, and how his grandmother influenced him by telling stories about his family's history during slavery. Brown became one of the first black policemen in High Point and later transitioned to a position as a federal agent in New York. He returned to North Carolina in 1960 to start a public relations firm, B Associates, Inc., which advised companies about how to change policies on race and segregation. Brown also shares stories about serving as a special assistant to President Richard Nixon and his role in bringing attention to apartheid in South Africa through his relationship with Nelson Mandela and his family.
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Cline, David P., 1969-
Brown, Robert J., 1935-
11 video files of 11 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (130 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (59 pages)
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Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. : American Folklife Center
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
InteractiveResource
Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Forms part of online collection: Civil Rights History Project - Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0106/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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