Robert Bagner Hayling, D.D Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.48.1a, 2011.174.48.1b, 2011.174.48.1c, 2011.174.48.1d, 2011.174.48.1e, and 2011.174.48.1f.

Robert Hayling, D.D recalls serving in the air force during World War II, attending the Meharry Dental School, and participating in civil rights protests in Nashville, Tennessee. He remembers starting his dental practice in St. Augustine, Florida, leading the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and the exclusion of African Americans from St. Augustine's 400th anniversary celebration, and being attacked by the Ku Klux Klan. He also discusses resigning from the NAACP, the support of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for local protests, and his move to Cocoa, Florida.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 14, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Robert Bagner Hayling D.D., American, 1929 - 2015
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: United States Air Force, American, founded 1947
• Subject of: Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, American, founded 1884
• Subject of: NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
• Subject of: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
• Subject of: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 54 min., 48 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 189.74 GB
• Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Place collected: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Hate crimes
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Medicine
• Object number: 2011.174.48.1a-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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