vrc_voices_4 4 voices vrc yes Interview with Rev. Curtis W. Harris Harris, Curtis W., 1925- African Americans--Virginia--Interviews African American clergy--Virginia--Hopewell Civil rights movements--Virginia--Hopewell Hopewell (Va.)--Race relations--History--20th century African American civil rights workers--Virginia--Hopewell Civil rights demonstrations--Virginia--Hopewell Direct action--Virginia--Hopewell National Association for the Advancement of Colored People African Americans--Virginia--Hopewell--Politics and government Southern Christian Leadership Conference American Civil Liberties Union Intimidation--Virginia White supremacy movements--Virginia Virginia. General Assembly. Committee on Offenses Against the Administration of Justice Discrimination in employment--Virginia Klu Klux Klan (1915- ) Harris, Curtis W., 1925- --Interviews Harris, Curtis W., 1925- --Trials, litigation, etc. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Rev. Curtis W. Harris, of Hopewell, Virginia -- pastor, civil rights leader, former president of the Virginia Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), former mayor of Hopewell and city council member since 1986. Rev. Harris discussed: his work with the SCLC; Martin Luther King, Jr.; civil disobedience; racial segregation in Hopewell; confronting the Klu Klux Klan in Hopewell; running for city council; becoming Mayor of Hopewell; the Boatwright Committee; support from the ACLU; and Hill, Tucker and Marsh. This interview was conducted March 20, 2003 at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. Ronald E. Carrington, President of Media Consultants Global, Inc. of Richmond, was the director-producer of the video taping and interviewed the interviewees. Historian Dr. Betsy Brinson conducted preliminary oral interviews. The text of the oral history was transcribed by Halasz Reporting and Video, Richmond. Other editing by the staff in Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries. Carrington, Ronald E. Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries Virginia Civil Rights Movement Video Initiative Moving images Oral histories http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/voices,4 2003-03-20 Hopewell (Va.) Prince George County (Va.) 20110519 121622