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Oral history interview with Grant Reynolds

Title
  1. Oral history interview with Grant Reynolds / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Published by
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1988.
Author
  1. Reynolds, Grant

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Additional authors
  1. Murray, James Briggs
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
  1. 2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Grant Reynolds talks about his education, his time serving in the military and his work to end segregation in the armed forces. Year, place of birth, role of midwife, no hospital available; parents' background; importance of high school education at Hampton; post high school experiences, furthering education; impressions of Arthur Schomburg when younger; continuing education, Eden Theological Seminary, Missouri; entry into ministry, civil rights work, starting Urban League chapter in Cleveland; enlistment in army, Chaplains Corp; experiences with racism throughout military career; work desegregating armed forces, help of A. Philip Randolph, meeting with President Truman; executive order issued from Truman; some other activities since then; message to youth.
Subject
  1. Reynolds, Grant > Interviews
  2. African Americans > Segregation
  3. Race discrimination > United States
  4. United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
Call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1306
Terms of use (note)
  1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  1. Grant Reynolds was co-chairman, with A. Philip Randolph, of the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training.
Author
  1. Reynolds, Grant, interviewee.
Title
  1. Oral history interview with Grant Reynolds / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Publisher
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1988.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videodisc
Digital file characteristics
  1. video file DVD
Performer
  1. Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
Event
  1. Recorded January 4, 1988 New York, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Terms of use
  1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography
  1. Grant Reynolds was co-chairman, with A. Philip Randolph, of the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training.
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  1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound
Added author
  1. Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1306
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