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Title

Oral history interview with Cleveland Robinson [videorecording] / conducted by Joseph Wilson.

Author

Robinson, Cleveland L. (Cleveland Lowellyn), 1914-1995.

Publication

New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, [1989]

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Additional Authors

• Wilson, Joseph, 1951-
• Murray, James Briggs.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.

Description

4 videodiscs (78 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

He recounts his early life in Jamaica until his move to the United States; influenced by Marcus Garvey; encountered racism in the United States; early career as a labor organizer in New York; involvement in the labor movement and activities as a young labor leader; Negro American Labor Council; his association with such figures as Paul Robeson, Malcolm X, Martin Luther Kings, Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois, Adam Clayton Powell, Ben Davis and A. Philip Randolph; activities related to the 1963 March on Washington.

Subject

• Robinson, Cleveland L. 1914-1995 > Interviews
• Powell, A. Clayton 1865-1953 > Influence
• Randolph, A. Philip 1889-1979 > Influence
• X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 > Influence
• Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963 > Influence
• Davis, Benjamin J. 1903-1964 > Influence
• Davis, Benjamin J. 1903-1964
• Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963
• Powell, A. Clayton 1865-1953
• Randolph, A. Philip 1889-1979
• Robinson, Cleveland L. 1914-1995
• X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
• Negro American Labor Council
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
• 1900-1999
• African American labor leaders > Interviews
• Civil rights movements > United States > 20th century
• Civil rights workers > Interviews
• Race discrimination > United States
• Labor movement > United States
• African American labor leaders
• Civil rights movements
• Civil rights workers
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Labor movement
• Race discrimination
• United States

Genre/Form

• Oral histories.
• Interviews.

Credits (note)

• Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.

Event (note)

• Recorded at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for the Oral History Video Documentation Program.

Biography (note)

• Cleveland Lowellyn Robinson (Cleve) was born in 1914 in Swabys Hope, Jamaica. After serving as a local constable and an elementary school teacher, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1944. When he arrived he took a job in Manhattan dry goods store and very soon became active in District 65. In 1947 he owned his own shop, he went on to become a steward, and then a full time organizer for the union. He was elected vice-president in 1950 and later in 1952 became secretary-treasurer. He held that position until he retired in 1992.

OCLC

730446581

Author

Robinson, Cleveland L. (Cleveland Lowellyn), 1914-1995.

Title

Oral history interview with Cleveland Robinson [videorecording] / conducted by Joseph Wilson.

Imprint

New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, [1989]

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD

Event

Recorded at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for the Oral History Video Documentation Program.

Credits

Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.

Biography

Cleveland Lowellyn Robinson (Cleve) was born in 1914 in Swabys Hope, Jamaica. After serving as a local constable and an elementary school teacher, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1944. When he arrived he took a job in Manhattan dry goods store and very soon became active in District 65. In 1947 he owned his own shop, he went on to become a steward, and then a full time organizer for the union. He was elected vice-president in 1950 and later in 1952 became secretary-treasurer. He held that position until he retired in 1992.

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Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Wilson, Joseph, 1951- Interviewer

Murray, James Briggs.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.