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Oral history interview with Gerald Fraser
- Title
- Oral history interview with Gerald Fraser/ conducted by James Briggs Murray.
- Author
- Fraser, C. Gerald, 1925-2015
- Publication
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 2001.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 2 | DVD | Use in library | Sc Visual DVD-1011 Disc 2 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 1 | DVD | Use in library | Sc Visual DVD-1011 Disc 1 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 2 videodiscs (DVD) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Recounts his early life and education, his early interest in journalism and the beginning of his professional career with the New York Amsterdam News. He describes the segregation of the news industry and his struggles to overcome racial discrimination. He left the Amsterdam News to cover the United Nations. A contact with a fellow journalists got him a job with the New York Daily News. He broke ground when he joined the staff of the New York Times, but still encountered racial discrimination in the news room.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Oral history.
- Credits (note)
- Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.
- Event (note)
- Recorded on 10 May 2001 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as part of the Black Journalists Oral History Project.
- Original Version (note)
- Archival original: 2 videocassettes (MII) in Sc Visual VRC-26.
- Biography (note)
- Gerald Fraser is a pioneering Black journalist. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1946 with a B.A. in Economics. Began his professional career with the Amsterdam News. From 1963 to 1967 worked the New York Daily News national and foreign news desk. Moved to New York Times in 1967 as metropolitan staff reporter.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1011.
- OCLC
- 701249919
- Author
- Fraser, C. Gerald, 1925-2015 Interviewee
- Title
- Oral history interview with Gerald Fraser/ conducted by James Briggs Murray.
- Imprint
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 2001.
- Credits
- Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.
- Event
- Recorded on 10 May 2001 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as part of the Black Journalists Oral History Project.
- Biography
- Gerald Fraser is a pioneering Black journalist. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1946 with a B.A. in Economics. Began his professional career with the Amsterdam News. From 1963 to 1967 worked the New York Daily News national and foreign news desk. Moved to New York Times in 1967 as metropolitan staff reporter.
- Original Version
- Archival original: 2 videocassettes (MII) in Sc Visual VRC-26.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Murray, James Briggs. InterviewerSchomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.Black Journalists Oral History Project.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1011. Service copy.