Interview with H. Brandt "Brandy" Ayers
- Date
2006 (Creation date: 1987-05-10)
- Main contributors
Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
- Summary
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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 jury hearing. He also discusses how the jury commission worked in Alabama. Part two. Mr. Ayers calls for a new style of politics wherein all factions come together for total mobilization. He believes that the American dream is not real for African Americans.
- Contributors
Ayers, H. Brandt, 1935- (Interviewee); Elwood, William A; Kulish, Mykola
- Subjects
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History; African Americans -- Education -- History; Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States; School integration -- United States -- History; Segregation in education -- United States -- History
- Collection
William A. Elwood Civil Rights Lawyers Project
- Unit
Robertson Media Center
- Language
English
- Related Items
Road to Brown : the untold story of "the man who killed Jim Crow."; William A. Elwood Civil Rights Lawyers Project
- Notes
Source footage for the documentary, The road to Brown : the untold story of “the man who killed Jim Crow” (California Newsreel, 1990), about the life of Charles Hamilton Houston, his crusade for civil rights, and the events that led to Brown v. the Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared the doctrine of separate but equal to be illegal.
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Recorded at Anniston, Alabama.
Creation/Production Credits
Digitized by: Cincinnati, Ohio : The PPS Group, 2006.
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.