Freeman A. Hrabowski, Ph. D. Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.32.1a, 2011.174.32.1b, 2011.174.32.1c, 2011.174.32.1d, 2011.174.32.1e, and 2011.174.32.1f.

Freeman A. Hrabowski Ph. D. recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. He also discusses attending Hampton University and later starting the Meyerhoff Scholars Program for African American men studying math and science.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 14, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Freeman A. Hrabowski Ph. D., American, born 1950
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963
• Subject of: 16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873
• Subject of: Hampton University, American, founded 1868
• Subject of: Meyerhoff Scholars Program, American, founded 1988
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 17 min., 59 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 129.37 GB
• Place collected: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Object number: 2011.174.32.1a-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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