Douglas Sands (1934-) interview, 2006 April 27
Summary
Interview done as part of series of interviews related to the civil rights movement in Maryland. Interviewees were students at Doris M. Johnson High School.
Dates
- 2006 April 27
Creator
- Sands, Douglas, 1934- (Narrator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biography
Douglas Sands was recruited as a freshman in 1952 to participate in the Northwood protests; helped establish CIG when the Political Action Committee was outlawed at Morgan; Special Assistant to Governor Tawes from 1959-1963; Executive Secretary for Maryland Commission for Interracial Problems and Relations; worked on a task force started by President Kennedy to work with the African diplomats who were denied access to restaurants along Route 40; served on task force to create Maryland’s Public Accommodations Law; involved in Cambridge protests during the early 1960s; first full-time commissioner for the United States Commission on Civil Rights; established bi-racial committees in each Maryland county and established committees in different states.
Extent
From the Collection: 50 Items : 50 interviews
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
No transcript; time index
Scope and Contents
Fifteen interviews were conducted as part of this project. Interviewees include: Beverly Reid, a member of the Baltimore Branch of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) and particpant in the Gwynn Oak Park protests; Gloria Richardson, a leader of the civil rights movement in Cambridge in the early 1960s; Steve McCutcheon, a member of the Baltimore Chapter of the Black Panther Party; Julie Randall, a participant in the Route 40 and Northwood protests; Marion Bascom, Minister of the Douglas Memorial Church; Moses Newsom, editor of the Afro-American Newspaper. There is also a recording of Fraser Smith discussing the oral history project.
Materials available for this project include digital audio recordings, biographical material, and time indexes. There are no transcripts available at this time.
Creator
- Sands, Douglas, 1934- (Narrator, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org