https://thebbrm.org/files/original/713aa0c2b320551238f4d09b0bb576c8.JPG bd554a7f54512a897229f3c2b2934d37 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/3e0a419e13b6ecec83ed819673182392.mp3 7411674c155c8900c5dbebb3e02d0901 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/a8aeeefc81a934e4733950dda138474a.pdf ffe4e14bd95626c739eb590b6cd1b4d4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Brian Ward Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Brian Ward: There was more of a subdued battle for civil rights. That’s not to say there wasn’t a great need for mobilization in cities like Charlotte, but there were very few major confrontations or conflagrations there in the 60s, not until you get really into the bussing crisis of the early 1970s. I wondered if radio in those places, actually had sort of a mollifying effect that actually kept things cooler. I found two very interesting stations: one, WBT, which was a major 50,000 watt station, that was heavily white-oriented but always included a certain amount of black-oriented programming; and another station, WGIV, which I sort of fell in love with, really, I thought this was a terrific station. I went by a white southerner from South Carolina called Francis Fitzgerald, who somewhere along the way line ahead of the game on the civil rights issues and began to encourage more and more overt promotion of voter registration drives, he was somewhat more willing to entertain the idea of black protests on the streets if the city government didn’t actually comply with desegregation ordinances and laws. But, you know, this guy was in a way a sort of a model of a progressive white southerner working with an overwhelmingly black staff, with DJs like “Chattie Hattie” Leeper and “Genial Gene” Potts to actually try to use the radio to encourage what was in a way a sort of nonviolent movement, and really had a good deal of success in achieving desegregation in Charlotte, in a relatively orderly manner. Bob Friedman: Were there connections do you find in your book or your research rather, connections that were made between these various disc jockeys and announcers from various cities…did Tall Paul have conversations with Nat Williams? Was there a web that was developing? Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 37 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brian Ward, Oral History Description An account of the resource Interviewed on the air at WJLD. Author, “Radio and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the South” (University Press of Florida, 2004). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brian Ward Bob Friedman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 7, 2004 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jeff Hayes Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG MP3 PDF Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context WardOH 1940s 1950s 1960s Brian Ward Charlotte Civil Rights Erskine Faush Jesse Blayton Memphis NAACP Nashville Paul "Tall Paul" White Segregation Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) WDIA WENN WERD WGIV WJLD WLAC