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Reverend Frank Williams, 1976 July 22

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Identifier: OH 8129

Abstract

Frank Leviticus Williams (1915-2004) was a Methodist minister and civil rights activist who served as chairman of the Ministerial Alliance Conference. In this oral history interview, Williams reflects on how he became involved with the civil rights movement, and discusses his thoughts on freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson and politician Theodore R. McKeldin. Williams speaks about the 1967 riots in Cambridge, Maryland, the role of the Urban League, and the Ministerial Alliance. He further discusses the Civic Interest Group and Black United Front, and remembers Phillip Randolph, a labor movement and civil rights leader.

Dates

  • 1976 July 22

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

60 Minutes (Audio recording)

24 Pages (Transcript)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Processing Information

There are an additional 2 pages of supplementary material (name index and interview evaluation) included after the transcript.

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection is comprised of 87 oral history interviews and 4 other related items. Materials available for the interviews include audio recordings, transcripts, tape indexes, newspaper clippings, biographical information, and interview evaluations. Each item record indicates whether a complete transcript or an uncorrected transcript is available for an oral history.

All recordings within the collection are digitized and continue to be added to MCHC's Digital Collections portal.

Interviews were conducted from 1975-1977, with some earlier recordings made prior to the project added to the collection. Narrators range from leaders in the Maryland civil rights movement and local activists, to people opposed to the movement. Narrators include Lillie May Carroll Jackson’s children: Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Virginia Jackson Kiah, and Bowen Keiffer Jackson; Parren Mitchell, U.S. Congressman, 1971-1987; Donald G. Murray, the first African American admitted to the University of Maryland Law School; Verda Welcome, one of the first Black women to be elected to a state Senate; Thomas J. D’Alesandro III, mayor of Baltimore, 1967-1971; Clarence Mitchell, Jr., chief lobbyist to the NAACP; Vernon Naimaster, Great Titan of the Maryland Ku Klux Klan; and Dr. J.E.T. Camper, a prominent physician who also devoted his career to seeking racial justice and equality.

In addition to these oral history interviews, there are four items related to the project that are included with the collection. There is an audio recording of a radio program on which narrators David Glenn and Judge Robert Watts appeared to discuss the McKeldin-Jackson project with host Alan Christian. There is an audio recording as well as textual materials from the colloquium and exhibition held at the Maryland Historical Society to commemorate the McKeldin-Jackson project on November 16, 1976. There is also a research paper written by a Goucher College student on Theodore R. McKeldin and the civil rights movement in Maryland and a binder containing information on the development and progress of the McKeldin-Jackson project.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

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H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
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Baltimore MD 21201 United States
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