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Oral history interview with Samuel W. Allen

Title
Oral history interview with Samuel W. Allen / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Author
Allen, Samuel W.
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1994

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Additional Authors
  • Murray, James Briggs
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Description
1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
In this oral history interview, Samuel Allen recounts his life as a poet and his early career as a lawyer. He begins the interview with the basic background of his life and family and his early interest in poetry. Despite his early interest in literature, he pursued the study of law as a practical endeavor, but eventually devoted all his energies to his poetry. He attended Fisk University for his undergraduate degree where he studied Sociology and then went on to study law at Harvard.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Interviews.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • Born in Columbus, Ohio, Samuel Allen (also known as Paul Vesey) studied creative writing under James Weldon Johnson at Fisk where he graduated magna cum laude in 1938. He received his JD from Harvard in 1941. Until 1968 when he formally left law for literature, he was active in both fields. Allen's poems were first published by Richard Wright in the journal, "Présence Africaine," and his poetry is today found in many anthologies.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Call Number
Sc DVD-1081
OCLC
893678973
Author
Allen, Samuel W., interviewee.
Title
Oral history interview with Samuel W. Allen / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Production
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1994,
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD
Credits
Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.
Performer
Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
Event
Recorded September 27, 1994 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Terms Of Use
Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Samuel Allen (also known as Paul Vesey) studied creative writing under James Weldon Johnson at Fisk where he graduated magna cum laude in 1938. He received his JD from Harvard in 1941. Until 1968 when he formally left law for literature, he was active in both fields. Allen's poems were first published by Richard Wright in the journal, "Présence Africaine," and his poetry is today found in many anthologies.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
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Added Author
Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
Murray, James Briggs, director.
Murray, James Briggs, producer.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.
Research Call Number
Sc DVD-1081
Sc Visual VRC-291b MII videocassette
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