The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with A. Peter Bailey

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with A. Peter Bailey

3/18/2014

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2014.088

Journalist and author A. Peter Bailey (1938 - ) was a founding member of the Organization of Afro-American Unity and served as a longtime editor for Ebony magazine. He authored Witnessing Brother Malcolm X, The Master Teacher: A Memoir and Harlem: Precious Memories, Great Expectations; and co-author of Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey and Seventh Child: A Family Memoir of Malcolm X. Bailey was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/18/2014, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 14; Total Run Time: 06h 35m 17s

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Bailey, A. Peter.

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Journalist and author A. Peter Bailey was born on February 24, 1938 in Columbus, Georgia to Upson and Alga Bailey. He was raised in Tuskegee, Alabama, and attended Tuskegee Institute High School, but graduated from Nuremberg American High School in Germany in 1955. Bailey served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1959, and went on to attend Howard University until 1961.In 1962, Bailey moved to Harlem, New York City; and, in 1964, became a founding member of Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American U...