Robert J. Booker interview , 2003
Scope and Contents
Interview with Knoxville civil rights activist and African-American historian Robert J. Booker by McClung Collection Director Steve Cotham in 2003.
Booker discusess his life growing up in Knoxville, his time at Knoxville College, his role in the civil rights movement, desegregation protests at lunch counters and the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville, work in Guinea for Crossroads Africa, his time in the Tennessee state legislature, working for Stroh's beer in Detroit, his time as director of the Beck Center,urban renewal, the book he authored about Maurice Mays and the Knoxville riots of 1919.
Dates
- 2003
Extent
1 DVCAM videotape
2 VHS videocassette
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- - Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Knoxville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African American history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Tennessee -- Knoxville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Booker, Robert J. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Desegregation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville College (Knoxville, Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mays, Maurice Franklin, c.1887-1919 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Protests Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interview with Robert J. Booker, 2003
- Transcription of interview
Repository Details
Part of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound Repository
