The Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Oral History Interview: Date: June 7, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Honorable Matthew J. Perry Jr., American, 1921 - 2011.
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The oral history consists of three digital files: 2011.174.24.1a, 2011.174.24.1b, and 2011.174.24.1c.
The Hon. Matthew J. Perry, Jr. [August 3, 1921-July 29, 2011] (At the time of the interview, he was still hearing cases for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, after taking senior status in 1995.) recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and his admiration for the African American lawyers who mentored him.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: June 7, 2011
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: Honorable Matthew J. Perry Jr., American, 1921 - 2011
- Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
- Subject of: South Carolina State University, American, founded 1896
- Subject of: NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 55 min., 52 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 92.43 GB
- Place collected: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Education
- Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Military
- Object number: 2011.174.24.1abc
- 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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