Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Clarence Maurice Mitchell, 1981
Creator: | Mitchell, Clarence M. 1911-1984 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) transcript: 72 pages | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteCivil rights activist, lawyer
Scope and ContentsChildhood in Baltimore, MD; education: Lincoln University, University of Maryland Law School; reporter for the BALTIMORE AFRO-AMERICAN; director of Washington Bureau of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; impressions of A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Adam Clayton Powell; discussion of racism: lynching, segregation, discrimination within the job market, within unions
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986
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