Oral histories
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: An interview that records an individual's personal recollections of the past and historical events; the audio or video recordings, transcripts, and other materials that capture and are associated with such an interview.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Orangeburg Massacre Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1062
Abstract
The Orangeburg Massacre Oral History Project contains 18 oral history interviews conducted in 2001 and 2002 with students, professors, and journalists who were present during the 1968 police shootings of African American college students in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Interviewees discuss student organizing at South Carolina State College prior to the Massacre, the political climate of Orangeburg, the Massacre itself, the role of the press, the physical, mental, and emotional trauma from...
Dates:
2001-2007