Wagandt, Charles

Abstract Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) served as the chief lobbyist to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for nearly 30 years after earlier positions as NAACP Labor Secretary and Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. In this oral history interview, Mitchell discusses Lillie May Carroll Jackson's personal life, motivations, family, strengths, and weaknesses; and provides his opinions on Theodore R. McKeldin in regards to human rights, civil rights,...

Abstract Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) served as the chief lobbyist to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for nearly 30 years after earlier positions as NAACP Labor Secretary and Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. Mitchell begins his oral history interview with a discussion about consciousness of racial discrimination in his youth and recollections about his early education in Baltimore, Maryland. Mitchell describes his post-college work as a...

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Juanita Elizabeth Jackson Mitchell (1913-1992) was a lawyer and civil rights activist, who worked extensively with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In this oral history interview, Mitchell discusses her mother, freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson, and her activities with the NAACP in Baltimore; voter registration; Brown v. Board of Education; and various desegregation and civil rights battles.

Abstract Juanita Elizabeth Jackson Mitchell (1913-1992) was a lawyer and civil rights activist, who worked extensively with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She fought for desegregation alongside her mother, Lillie May Carroll Jackson, and was influential in the Black community of Baltimore, Maryland, particularly within the churches. In this oral history interview, Mitchell provides insight into the political situation in Maryland during the 1940s-1960s and...

Abstract In this oral history interview for the McKeldin-Jackson Project, Virginia Jackson Kiah and Juanita Jackson Mitchell, the daughters of pioneering freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson and evangelist Keiffer Albert Jackson, focus on their family history, their parents' marriage, and some of the experiences and values that led to their parents' zeal to fight against discrimination and racial segregation. The interview touches upon Lillie May Carroll Jackson's perspectives on race,...

Abstract In this 1976 oral history interview for the McKeldin-Jackson Project, a follow-up to a 1975 interview for the same project, Virginia Jackson Kiah (1911-2001) and Juanita Jackson Mitchell (1913-1992) focus on the civil rights-related work of their mother, Lillie May Carroll Jackson. Topics include Lillie May Carroll Jackson's work as president of the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), her role in the creation of the City-Wide Young...

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Proceedings and speeches of a public meeting held at the Maryland Historical Society to mark the conclusion of the Governor Theodore R. McKeldin - Dr. Lillie May Jackson Project on Civil Rights in Maryland, 1935-1970. Speakers include Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Dr. Pearl Brackett, and Leon Sachs, with L. Charles Wagandt serving as a moderator. There are also questions and remarks by members of the audience.

Abstract Mildred Kemp Momberger (1912-2005) was the personal secretary and administrative assistant to Theodore R. McKeldin, who was Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland. In this oral history interview, Momberger speaks to the character and personality assessment of McKeldin. Other topics of discussion include Mayor William Broening's influences; McKeldin's political campaigns, the religious phase of his life, and his personal traits; Eisenhower nomination; her meetings with Presidents Richard...

Abstract Theodore R. McKeldin was Governor of Maryland, 1951-1959. Prior to his election as governor, he served as Mayor of Baltimore, 1943-1947, and then again from 1963-1967. In this interview, he discusses: Family and early life, education, and first jobs; compares Republican and Democratic parties in Maryland, governorship and mayoralty, and his early and later campaigns; characterizes Mayor William Broening, President Dwight Eisenhower, President Lyndon Johnson, and Judge Simon Sobeloff;...

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Theodore R. McKeldin, Jr. (b. 1937), the son of Theodore R. McKeldin and a lawyer. In this oral history interview, McKeldin Jr. discusses the private personality of his father, as contrasted to his public life and appearance; his father's response to criticism and personal threats; and his father's relationships with Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Lyndon Johnson and Vice-President Spiro Agnew.