- Collection:
- Anne Braden Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with George Yater and Marjorie Yater, December 11, 1997
- Creator:
- Yater, George H.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Yater, Marjorie
- Date of Original:
- 1997-12-11
- Subject:
- Women civil rights workers--Interviews
Civil rights movements--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)
Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Segregation
Racism
Courier-journal (Louisville, Ky.)
Veterans--Education--Kentucky
Libel and slander--Kentucky--Louisville
Reporters and reporting--Kentucky
Reporters and reporting--Indiana
Cold War--Influence
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957--Influence
Fear--Kentucky
Intimidation--Kentucky
Communist Party of the United States of America
Communists--United States
Race relations
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations
Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville
Civil rights demonstrations--Kentucky--Louisville
Lawyers--Kentucky--Louisville
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)
Strikes and lockouts--Kentucky--Louisville
Trials--Kentucky--Louisville
Subpoena--Kentucky--Louisville
Employees--Dismissal of--Kentucky--Louisville
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Trials (Sedition)--Kentucky
American Civil Liberties Union
Bombings--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Violence against--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in housing--Kentucky--Louisville
Governors--Kentucky - People:
- Yater, George H.--Interviews
Yater, Marjorie--Interviews
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957
Johnson, Lyman T., 1906-1997
Ethridge, Mark F. (Mark Foster), 1896-1981 - Location:
- United States, Indiana, Clark County, 38.47718, -85.70728
United States, Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville, 38.27757, -85.73718
United States, Kentucky, Daviess County, 37.73177, -87.08723
United States, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, 37.77422, -87.11333
United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Interview with George Yater and Marjorie Yater, December 11, 1997 conducted by Catherine Fosl.
In this interview George and Marjorie Yater, who were friends of Anne and Carl Braden at the time of their 1954 trial for sedition, give their impressions of the Bradens and their political activities. They describe the social and political climate of Louisville during the 1950s, including discussions of racial relations and McCarthyism. George Yater was working as a journalist at the time and explains how McCarthyism affected members of the media in the Louisville area. In addition, the Yaters describe the court proceedings and the trial's impact on the community. - Metadata URL:
- https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt72jm23bx29
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.
- Extent:
- 1 interview : [01:29:10]
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky
- Rights:
-
