- Collection:
- Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
- Title:
- Quest for Civil Rights: Eugene A. R. Montgomery
- Publisher:
- University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
- Date of Original:
- 1980-11-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina
Segregation in education--United States
School integration--South Carolina
Racism
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/H264
- Description:
- SCAR T-15: Eugene A. R. Montgomery. Col , Sound , 29.01 minutes. November 7, 1980. Interior: Eugene A. R. Montgomery is interviewed by Dr. Grace Jordan McFadden of the University of S. C. Montgomery describes his childhood, education, and military service in the Marine Corps. He tells of his hiring as field director of state NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). He recalls the 1948 white primary fight and voting registration efforts. He speaks on the relationship between the NAACP and the "Progressive Democratic Party". Montgomery reviews the Clarendon County school desegregation suit (Briggs v. Elliott), which was eventually incorporated into Brown v. Board of Education. Note: from the series "Quest for Human / Civil Rights - Oral Recollections of Black South Carolinians."
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17173.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17173coll18/id/190
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved.
- Extent:
- Sound
Betacam SP. Sound. Color. Sound. Acetate.
29:50 - Original Collection:
- Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections - Rights:
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