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251. Interview with Frances Brand (59:20)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
Summary:
Part one. Footage of Charlottesville house at 407 Ridge Street. At 1:00, interview with Frances Brand in her art gallery in Charlottesville. She describes her series of paintings, called "Firsts," ...

252. Interview with Fred Gray (1:21:52)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
Summary:
Part one. Footage of exteriors of houses (and William Elwood) until 8:55. Then civil rights attorney Fred Gray discusses Alabama lawyers, Arthur Shores, and becaming a lawyer in order to try civil ...

253. Interview with Gardner L. Bishop (39:32)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
Summary:
Part one. Civil rights activist Gardner Bishop talks about meeting with Charles Hamilton Houston to get money for a lawyer to represent the Consolidated Parents Group. Houston sent a letter on the ...

254. Interview with Gardner L. Bishop (1:46:17)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A
Summary:
Part one. Civil rights activist Gardner Bishop talks about his involvement with the Consolidated Parents Group. He relates that the group first met to discuss the atrocious school facilities in Afr...

255. Interview with Genna Rae McNeil (1:44:08)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
Summary:
Part one. Author Genna Rae McNeil offers insight on Charles Hamilton Houston's privileged upbringing, education, and early career. Houston served in the military during World War I, and the extreme...

256. Interview with George R. Ferguson (20:15)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
Summary:
Mr. Rader recalls his support of public schooling in Virginia during Massive Resistance in order to sustain economic development within the commonwealth. At 5:30, interview with George R. Ferguson ...

257. Interview with George R. Ferguson (2:54:57)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A
Summary:
Part one. George Ferguson recalls his experiences in the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education decision as president of the Charlottesville NAACP, as plaintiff and witness in the local suit ...

258. Interview with H. Brandt "Brandy" Ayers (34:24)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
Summary:
Part one. Journalist Brandy Ayers describes the Willie Brewster murder trial, which featured the shooting of indicted killer Damon Strange by Jimmy Glenn Knight in the courthouse during the grand j...

259. Interview with Herbert O. Reid (1:06:44)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A
Summary:
Part one. Civil rights attorney Herbert Reid recalls his childhood in Wilson, North Carolina, and his family. He remembers hearing Charles Houston speak at his high school. His parents were involve...

260. Interview with J. Clay Smith (57:56)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
Summary:
Part one. Civil rights attorney and professor J. Clay Smith discusses the beginning of Howard University Law School and John Mercer Langston. Mr. Smith says the law school's mission was always to m...