- Collection:
- Laurraine Goreau Interviews and Recordings
- Title:
- LG029 Interviews: Issac Hockenhull; Jean Childers; Jean and Ken Childers
- Contributor to Resource:
- Goreau, Laurraine
Childers, Jean
Childers, Ken
Hockenhull, Issac - Publisher:
- New Orleans, La. : Tulane University Digital Library
- Date of Original:
- 1972-11-05
- Subject:
- Music trade
Civil rights workers - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444 - Medium:
- sound recordings
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Side 1: Interview with Ike Hockenhull on 1972-11-05 in Chicago, Illinois. Interview with Jean Childers on 1972-11-05 in Chicago, Illinois, on Mahalia's almost being with Dr. Martin Luther King on the day he was killed. Side 2: Interview with Jean Childers continued with Ken Childers on 1972-11-05, continued from Tape ID: LG028. Abstract for Jean Childers and Ken Childers: [00:00–30:34] On LG029Goreau_Side1, Jean Childers, Jackson's secretary, interviewed in Chicago, Illinois, discusses how they nearly missed being with Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis on the day he was assassinated, due to Jackson "refusing to fly that day" because of weather conditions in Nashville and plane engine concerns. On LG029Goreau_Side2, Childers explains how they got from Nashville to Atlanta for the memorial service and funeral. She shares interactions Jackson had with Bobby Kennedy - 5:00, and other celebrities – 7:00. [10:00 - 30:34] The interview continues with both Jean and Ken Childers, an architect and Jean's husband. Ken talks about his participation in productions of The Swing Mikado and The Hot Mikado - 10:00. Jean and Ken talk about other celebrities at the King funeral and memorial service - 12:40. Jean tells a story about Marlon Brando wanting to meet Mahalia on the plane returning to California after the funeral, and how Jean did not recognize him - 14:20. Others on the plane were Tony Franciosa and James Baldwin. They share anecdotes about Jackson's lack of attention to business transactions and some financial affairs - 17:45 and Jackson's interests in her own culinary skills - 21:00. They continue talking about a show where Mahalia performed with Minters Galloway backstage. The conversation finishes with Ken discussing how he advised Mahalia on real estate in Chicago.
This recording was digitized in 2017 by George Blood, LP.
specialcollections@tulane.edu
LG029 Interviews: Issac Hockenhull; Jean Childers; Jean and Ken Childers, Laurriane Goreau collection, HJA-059, Tulane University Special Collections, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. - Metadata URL:
- https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane:122610
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to portions of this collection has been transferred to Tulane University Special Collections. Tulane University can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or owner’s heir for permission to publish where Tulane University Special Collections does not hold the copyright. For permission to publish collections material to which TUSC holds intellectual property rights, please contact Research Services at specialcollections@tulane.edu.
- Extent:
- 1 cassette (1 hr., 1 min., 7 sec.)
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
- Rights:
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