Ben Caldwell Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ben Caldwell Oral History Interview: Date: April 11, 2013. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Ben R. Caldwell, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.77.1a, 2011.174.77.1b, 2011.174.77.1c, 2011.174.77.1d, 2011.174.77.1e, and 2011.174.77.1f.
Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on racial prejudices in the United States. He began studying art, and he eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he has been part of a black arts movement since the 1970s. He discusses the L.A. Rebellion, a collective of black filmmakers from UCLA, as well as various art projects in which he has been involved and documentary films he has produced.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 11, 2013
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: Ben R. Caldwell, American
- Interviewed by: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of: L.A. Rebellion, American, 1967 - 1989
- Subject of: University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 2 hr., 7 min., 24 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 213.25 GB
- Place collected: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: New Mexico, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: American West
- Topic: Art
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Film
- Object number: 2011.174.77.1a-f
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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