Oral history interview, 1977.

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Oral history interview, 1977.

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Topics include his childhood; a lynching in Princess Anne, Md., in 1933; the Scottsboro trial; segregation practices during his stay in Minnesota as executive secretary of the Urban League during the Depression; the principle of separate but equal; the strengths and weaknesses of his mother-in-law, Maryland civil rights activist Lillie May Jackson; the role of Jews, white Christian liberals, and churches in the civil rights movement; blacks in unions; and black professional leaders in Baltimore.

Typescript : 48 p.Tape : cassette (90 min.)

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