- Collection:
- Laurraine Goreau Interviews and Recordings
- Title:
- LG103 Interview: Louis "Studs" Terkel; Unknown interviewee
- Creator:
- Goreau, Laurraine
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 - Date of Original:
- 1972-11-05
- Subject:
- Music trade
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Side 1: Interview with Louis "Studs" Terkel on 1972-05-11 in Chicago, Illinois, conducted by telephone. Side 2: Interview continued with Louis "Studs" Terkel. Interview with unknown interviewee. Abstract for Terkel: [00:00–24:48] Louis "Studs" Terkel's interview, via phone from Chicago, is continued from LG008Goreau_Side1. He discusses various broadcasts that he worked on which featured Mahalia Jackson. He mentions first learning about Jackson around 1945 after hearing her "Move on Up a Little Higher" in a record store – 07:15. [00:00 – 12:27] The interview is continued on LG103Goreau_Side2. Terkel recalls an anecdote where Jackson, in response to the Reverend Ralph Abernathy asking her fee to sing at a Montgomery Bus Boycott event, says, "I don't charge (the) walking people" (who do not ride the bus) – 04:37. He discusses covering Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the Lincoln Memorial, and Jackson's performance at the event – 09:48.
This recording was digitized in 2020 as part of a Recordings at Risk grant funded project administered by CLIR, "Tell the real story of me": Mahalia Jackson and Black Gospel Quartets in the South.
For further information, please contact Tulane University Special Collections at specialcollections@tulane.edu. - Metadata URL:
- https://tulane.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/delivery/01TUL_INST:Tulane/12436753260006326
- 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.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- LG103 Interview: Louis "Studs" Terkel; Unknown interviewee, Laurraine Goreau collection, HJA-059, Tulane University Special Collections, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
- Extent:
- 24 min., 48 sec.
21 min., 47 sec. - Original Collection:
- Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, Tulane University Special Collections
Laurraine Goreau collection, HJA-059 - Contributing Institution:
- Tulane University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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