- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Aaron Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seattle, Washington, 2013-05-11
- Creator:
- Bishop, John Melville (Videographer)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cline, David P., 1969-
Dixon, Aaron Floyd - Date of Original:
- 2013-05-11
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Black Panther Party
Civil rights movements--California
African American civil rights workers--California--Interviews
African American civil rights workers--Washington (State)--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Washington (State) - People:
- Dixon, Elmer
- Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf
application/x-video
image/jpeg - Description:
- Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. Dixon describes in detail his family history and the influence of oral tradition on his racial consciousness. He discusses the role of the Black Student Union at the University of Washington and details how the murder of Little Bobby Hutton influenced him profoundly and led him to join the Black Panther Party. He describes the Party's influence in Seattle and Oakland, his role in the Party, tensions with the police, tensions among members, and how the goals of the Black Panther Party shifted over the 1960s and 1970s.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0087/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 11 video files of 11 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (148 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (70 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: