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Aaron Eichorst shares his experiences growing up as a Mennonite and his complicated relationship with the Mennonite Church after coming out. He discusses the gay community in Charlottesville and se...
Alan Cohn and Joe Montoya are a gay couple - one of the first to be legally married in Charlottesville in 2014. They discuss how they met and how they each grew into their identities. They moved to...
Oral history interview with Michael Allen, class of 1985, via Zoom, on February 29, 2024. Allen discussed the formation and early activities of UVA Law’s Gay and Lesbian Law Students Association, w...
Oral history interview with Paul Appelbaum regarding his work with the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy. Appelbaum founded the Law & Psychiatry program at the University of Massachus...
An oral history interview with Dr. Maurice Apprey, conducted on May 12, 2022. This interview is part of a joint effort of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library and the UVA Medical Alumni Associa...
Oral history interview with Virginia Law Women members and leadership from 1986 to 1992, including Arafat Yinka Balogun ’89, Claudia Cantarella ’91, Montina Cole ’91, Ann Fort ’91, Tonya Lewis Lee ...
This illustrated lecture traces the life and work of Sydney architect Harry Seidler (1923-2006), his key role in bringing Modernism and Bauhaus principles to Australia, identifies his distinctive h...
Creating a roadmap for your OER project work is a foundational step towards a well-structured project. In this session, we will discuss best practices for planning your OER project, how to set real...
Blaise Spinelli was one of the founders of the AIDS Services Group (ASG) in Charlottesville, and the bulk of his interview is spent discussing his experiences providing AIDS services in Charlottesv...
Oral history interview with UVA Law alum (1969) and professor emeritus Richard J. Bonnie in which he recalls the early years of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy and the budding f...
Oral history interview with UVA Law professor and alum D. Ruth Buck (1985) who recalls her time as a law student and discusses her experiences teaching Legal Research and Writing.
Oral history interview with Jim Carpenter, a photographer who worked for the newspaper The Daily Progress, in Charlottesville, VA, from 1968-1988. Carpenter discusses his experiences from May 4-11,...
Catherine Gillespie and Andre Hakes are a married lesbian couple who live in Charlottesville. In their interview, they discuss the process of adopting their child and their protracted fight for cus...
Charlene Green is a Black lesbian who came to Charlottesville in the late 1980s to attend the University of Virginia for graduate school. In her interview, she discusses her experiences coming out,...
Charley Burton is a Black trans man from North Garden, VA, just outside of Charlottesville. He tells his story of growing up in a rural Black community, then struggling with his gender and sexualit...
Oral history interview of Manal Cheema, class of 2020, via Zoom, on February 7, 2022. Cheema discussed issues and challenges regarding diversity within Virginia Law Women (VLW). Cheema also discuss...
Claire Kaplan is a lesbian who worked in the Maxine Platzer Lynn's Women's Center at the University of Virginia for a long time. In this interview, she discusses her work at UVA, including her role...
An oral history interview with Dr. Barbara Hasko Curry, conducted at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library on April 29, 2022. This interview is part of the Medical Alumni Stories Oral History Pr...
An oral history interview with Dr. Claudette Dalton, conducted at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library on June 27, 2022. This interview is part of the Medical Alumni Stories Oral History Projec...
Oral history interview of Rosemary Daszkiewicz, class of 1986, via Zoom, on November 22, 2021. Daszkiewicz discussed Virginia Law Women (VLW) recruitment, as well as programs and activities support...
Footage of Tuskegee, Alabama. At 10:55, William Elwood interviews Allan Parker in his yard. Parker was a banker in Tuskegee who fought for desegregation and voter registration. Parker describes his...
Part one. Mr. Green was a public school teacher in Richmond at Jefferson Huguenot Wythe High School and also pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Saluda, Virginia. One of the most important cases in...
Part one. Civil rights activist and professor Charles Gomillion attended and then taught at the Tuskegee Institute from 1928 to 1971. He talks about his year at Fisk University doing field research...
Part one. Civil rights attorney Charles Todd Duncan discusses his involvement with the Brown v. Board of Education cases when he worked in the law office of Frank D. Reeves. He did much research on...
Part one. Former White House executive and civil rights attorney Frederic Morrow contends that World War II triggered increased interest in civil rights among African Americans because they were de...
Part one. Pictures inside and outside the Supreme Life Insurance Company in Chicago. At 11:26, Elwood interviews civil rights attorney Earl Dickerson in Dickerson's home in Chicago. Part two. Mr. D...
Part one. Charles Houston's physician Dr. Edward Mazique discusses the state of medical care in 1985, the problems with malpractice insurance, and his involvement with medical political action comm...
Part one. Civil rights activist Palmer Weber asserts that there were three prongs to the attack on systemic segregation in the South: jobs, education, and suffrage. He speaks of his association wit...
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...
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 ...
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...
Part one: Civil rights attorney James Nabrit discusses childhood and segregation in Augusta, Georgia. He covers his law practice in Texas and how he fought to have one Democratic primary instead of...
Part one. Civil rights activist and history professor John Hope Franklin did historical research for the Brown v. Board of Education cases. He wrote opposition papers, vetted briefs for historical ...
Part one. Mr. Lorin Thompson discusses the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, which in practice gave states the opportunity to close public schools in order to avoid desegrega...
Part one. Civil rights attorney Oliver Hill recounts his childhood in Roanoke. High schools for African Americans there were at least 100 miles away, so he moved to Washington DC to go to Dunbar Hi...
Part one. Civil rights attorney Robert Carter recalls his childhood, his education, Howard Law School, and Charles Hamilton Houston. He says that he wasn't seriously confronted by racial discrimina...
Part one. Civil rights attorney Samuel Wilbert Tucker recites lyrics to an unknown song and talks about patriotism. At 13:30, Tucker and Elwood go for a walk. Part two. Stills of Tucker family phot...
Part one. Civil rights attorney Samuel Tucker reviews his education, his experiences as a young lawyer admitted to the bar in 1934, his service in the military as a young man, and his experience as...