- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 39 min., 40 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Civil rights activist and pastor Reverend Raleigh Trammell was born on December 30, 1936 in Grantville, Georgia. Trammell attended segregated Grantville School all twelve years, graduating in 1955. He went on to attend Clarke University, then-known as Clarke College where he graduated in 1959. Trammell met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1960. In 1963, he participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama, Albany, Georgia, and the March on Washington. Trammell also participated in the march from Selma to Montgomery, in 1965, promoting voting rights for African Americans. In 1966, he started working for the Montgomery County Welfare Department as deputy director. Trammell was elected president of the Dayton chapter of the SCLC in 1983. Working closely with Andrew Young, Trammell rose to vice chair of SCLC in 1996, and chairman of the national board in 2004.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Reverend Raleigh Trammell
- Reverend Raleigh Trammell
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1003150597
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Reverend Raleigh Trammell.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
023940
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Dayton, Ohio 2008 February 27.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Civil Rights Activist Pastor.
- Added Author
Trammell, Raleigh, 1936- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.