- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Scott Bates oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Sewanee, Tennessee, 2013-06-20
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cline, David P., 1969-
Bates, Scott, 1923-2013 - Date of Original:
- 2013-06-20
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Interviews
University of the South - People:
- Horton, Myles, 1905-1990
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Franklin County, Sewanee, 35.20314, -85.92109
- 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 - Description:
- Professor Scott Bates describes his career as an educator and civil rights supporter in Sewanee, Tennessee. He discusses his memories of race relations on U.S. Army bases during World War II, and he describes how he moved from the Midwest to Sewanee, Tennessee to become a college instructor of French. Once in Sewanee, Bates soon learned about the Highlander Folk School, where he attended civil rights meetings, spent time with Myles Horton, and served on the board.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0091/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 7 video files of 7 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (97 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (55 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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