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Oral history interview with Unita Blackwell

Title
Oral history interview with Unita Blackwell / conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Author
Blackwell, Unita.
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Alvarez-Moran, Paul.
  • Murray, James Briggs.
  • Nitzberg, Steven A.
  • Community Development Corporation Oral History Project.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (100 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Blackwell talks about her work in the civil rights movement and her role in the development of Mayersville, Mississippi
Subject
  • Blackwell, Unita > Interviews
  • Hamer, Fannie Lou
  • Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  • Mississippi Action for Community Development
  • African American civil rights workers > Interviews
  • Civil rights movements > United States
  • African Americans > Civil rights
  • Community development corporations > Mississippi
  • Community development > Mississippi > Mayersville
  • Community organization > Mississippi > Mayersville
  • Community leadership > Mississippi > Mayersville
  • Rural development > Mississippi
  • African Americans > Mississippi
  • Mayersville (Miss.)
Genre/Form
Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Producer and director, James Briggs Murray; director of photography, Steven A. Nitzberg; sound, Paul Alvarez-Moran.
Event (note)
  • Recorded 18 September 1990 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • Unita Blackwell is the mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi and was active in the civil rights movement.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Community Development Corporation Oral History Project.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRB-1972
OCLC
730467052
Author
Blackwell, Unita. Interviewer
Title
Oral history interview with Unita Blackwell / conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Imprint
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1990.
Event
Recorded 18 September 1990 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Credits
Producer and director, James Briggs Murray; director of photography, Steven A. Nitzberg; sound, Paul Alvarez-Moran.
Terms Of Use
Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Community Development Corporation Oral History Project.
Biography
Unita Blackwell is the mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi and was active in the civil rights movement.
Local Note
Archival original: 5 videocassettes (U-matic) in Sc Visual VRB-1972.
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Added Author
Alvarez-Moran, Paul.
Murray, James Briggs. Interviewer
Nitzberg, Steven A.
Community Development Corporation Oral History Project.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-786
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