- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Orangeburg, South Carolina, 2011-06-09
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mosnier, Joseph
Williams, Cecil J., 1937- - Date of Original:
- 2011-06-09
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
School integration--South Carolina
Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968
African American photographers--South Carolina--Interviews
Civil rights movements--South Carolina - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Orangeburg County, 33.43899, -80.8003
United States, South Carolina, Orangeburg County, Orangeburg, 33.49182, -80.85565 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf
application/x-video
image/jpeg - Description:
- Cecil J. Williams remembers his childhood in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and starting his career as a photographer for several African American publications in his teens. He remembers photographing President Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, and other civil rights leaders. He also discusses the Briggs v. Elliot school desegregation case, and his photographs of the Orangeburg Massacre.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0026/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video files of 5 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (117 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (58 pages)
- Original Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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