Interview with Dr. Laverne Byrd Smith
| Abstract/Description: | Dr. Laverne Byrd Smith, educator and civil rights activist, recounts her experiences in segregated Richmond, including its segregated streetcars. She also discussed writing for the Richmond Afro-American; serving as president of the Virginia Council on Human Relations; and interviewing Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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| Subject(s): | Coverage: Virginia Smith, Laverne Byrd |
| Date Created: | 2003-03-21 |
| Title: |
Interview with Dr. Laverne Byrd Smith. Voices of Freedom: videotaped oral histories of leaders of the Civil Rights movement in Virginia. |
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| Name(s): |
Carrington, Ronald E., interviewer James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives, contributor Virginia Civil Rights Movement Video Initiative, producer VCU Libraries, publisher |
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| Type of Resource: | moving image | |
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Text Moving image Oral history |
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| Date Created: | 2003-03-21 | |
| Abstract/Description: | Dr. Laverne Byrd Smith, educator and civil rights activist, recounts her experiences in segregated Richmond, including its segregated streetcars. She also discussed writing for the Richmond Afro-American; serving as president of the Virginia Council on Human Relations; and interviewing Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| Identifier(s): | CONTENTdm ID: voices/id/9 (CONTENTdm ID) | |
| Note(s): |
This interview was conducted March 21, 2003 at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. Ronald E. Carrington, President of Media Consultants Global, Inc. of Richmond, was the director-producer of the video taping and interviewed the interviewees. Historian Dr. Betsy Brinson conducted preliminary oral interviews. The text of the oral history was transcribed by Halasz Reporting and Video, Richmond. Other editing by the staff of Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries. |
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| Subject(s): |
Coverage: Virginia Smith, Laverne Byrd |
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