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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 Norman B. Wooding Jr. Location The location of the interview Mason City, Birmingham Alabama Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript from audio snippet: Bob Friedman: Before the MacMillans, there was the Kelley Choral Singers... Norman Wooding: Before then I sang with uh, I sang with the MacMillan Juniors. BF: The MacMillan Juniors? What year is this? NW: It was in the late 30s. I’d say around ’38 to ’40. BF: The MacMillan Juniors. Now tell us about that group. How many people were in it? NW: Well we had 4 people in there. BF: Remember there names? NW: Yeah, gee…Floyd King, . was one of them. BF: Yeah, we heard about Floyd King NW: I can’t think of the others, we had a bunch of them. BF: How old were you? NW: How old? I was in my teenage years, 15 years old. BF: You decided to form a group, so you sang harmony? NW: We listened to them and wanted to pattern after them. BF: You listened to the MacMillans? NW: Yeah, right. …after them…. BF: What did the MacMillan Juniors do? When the MacMillans showed up they showed up? NW: Yeah, they let us sing, they let us sing at the program.. That was 10 cent, admission was 10 cent. BF: To get where? NW: To get into to the program. BF: You had a program? NW: Yeah, it was 10 cents. We would go, little boys, knee pants and barefooted most of the time, BF: That’s how you would dress when you sang? NW: Yeah. Economics was kind of bad back then. But they let us sing, and eventually we got pretty good, we just you know...drifted… BF: And you graduated into the seniors? NW: No, no BF: What happened after that? NW: They dispersed, you know went different places. Left school and went different places. The group broke up. Abraham Smiley was in there, he was one of them, He sang bass, yeah he sang bass. BF: and what part did Floyd King sing? NW: Floyd sung all voices. BF: All voices, all voices, wow 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 Norman B. Wooding Jr., 2007 Oral History Description An account of the resource Norman Bennett “NB” Wooding, Jr. (b. Nov. 28, 1923, d. Oct. 31, 2015), Interviewed at his home in Mason City, Birmingham by Bob Friedman. In 2012, NB Wooding, Jr. celebrated 80 years singing gospel quartet in Jefferson County and over 60 years involved in gospel broadcasting. His life also spanned a stint working with Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. A father of seven, NB retired as President of the Pillars of Birmingham gospel quartet. Wooding’s life history is captured in the Four Octave Production video, “Salute to a Soldier” (2013). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Norman B. Wooding Jr. 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 May 25, 2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lindsey Reynolds 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 WoodingOH 1930s 1940s 1970s Civil Rights Fred Shuttlesworth Gospel Henry Burton Ishkooda Ore Mine Kelley Choral Singers MacMillan Jubilee Singers MacMillan Juniors Marion Anderson Choral Ensemble Norman B. Wooding Jr. Pillars of Birmingham Rosedale Traveleers Willie McKinstry Willing Workers WJLD