The Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker and Theresa Ann Walker Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker and Theresa Ann Walker Oral History Interview: Date: July 9, 2014. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, American, 1929 - 2018.
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The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.109.1a, 2011.174.109.1b, 2011.174.109.1c, 2011.174.109.1d, 2011.174.109.1e, 2011.174.109.1f, 2011.174.109.1g, and 2011.174.109.1h.
The Reverend Doctor Wyatt Tee Walker reflects on his involvement in the freedom movement, especially his work as Martin Luther King's chief of staff and as the Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) from 1960-1964. Towards the end of the interview, his wife, Theresa Ann Walker, joins him on camera to talk briefly about her experiences in the movement.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: July 9, 2014
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, American, 1929 - 2018
- Interview of: Theresa Ann E. Walker, American
- Interviewed by: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Subject of: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 42 min., 12 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 203.68 GB
- Place collected: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Social reform
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2011.174.109.1a-h
- 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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