Cecil J. Williams Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cecil J. Williams Oral History Interview: Date: June 9, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Cecil J. Williams, American, born 1937.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.26.1a, 2011.174.26.1b, 2011.174.26.1c, 2011.174.26.1d, and 2011.174.26.1e.
Cecil J. Williams remembers his childhood in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and starting his career as a photographer for several African American publications in his teens. He remembers photographing President Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, and other civil rights leaders. He also discusses the Briggs v. Elliot school desegregation case, and his photographs of the Orangeburg Massacre.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: June 9, 2011
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: Cecil J. Williams, American, born 1937
- Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
- Subject of: President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
- Subject of: Thurgood Marshall, American, 1908 - 1993
- Subject of: Harry Briggs Jr., American, 1941 - 2016
- Subject of: R. M. Elliott, American
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 56 min., 47 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 190.38 GB
- Place collected: Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: U.S. History, 1945-1953
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2011.174.26.1a-e
- 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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