Otis Brown Jr. of Indianola, Mississippi
Program Title:
Otis Brown Jr. of Indianola, Mississippi
PRA Archive #:
BB2508
pbcoreAssetType:
pbcoreAssetDate:
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):
1970-08-29
dateType:
broadcast
Date Recorded on:
NULL
Date Broadcast on:
29 Aug. 1970.
Station:
Item duration:
53:58 [7 1/2 ips, mono.]
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Description:
This is an autobiographical statement from a young Southern Black organizer on his experiences in the Civil Rights movement. Otis Brown, Jr. was one of eleven children born in Indianola, Mississippi. Brown was born August 3, 1945, and he got involved in the civil rights movement in 1965, attending and then teaching at the Freedom School. Brown was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party when he ran for Mayor of Sunflower, Mississippi in 1967 at the age of 21. Brown was also head of the Sunflower Improvement Association and Community Center.
pbcoreAnnotation:
Mayorial race info from the Fannie Lou Hamer papers at the University of Mississippi Archives & Special Collections, referenced 2014-05-08 by HRL at: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM00215.html
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pbcoreInstantiation:
instantiationIdentifier:
3293_P01
instantiationPhysical:
1/4 inch audio tape
instantiationLocation:
PRA Vault Shelves
instantiationDuration:
53:58 [7 1/2 ips, mono.]
instantiationIdentifier:
3293_P02
instantiationPhysical:
CD
instantiationLocation:
PRA Grant Cabinets
instantiationDuration:
53:58 [7 1/2 ips, mono.]
instantiationIdentifier:
3293_D01
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):
2009-12-09
instantiationLocation:
Western Digital HD3
instantiationDuration:
00:53:55
instantiationDigital:
instantiationGenerations:
Master: preservation
Contributor:
Role:
Speaker
Distributor:
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1970.
Rights Summary:
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Grant Tracking Information:
Grant ID:
Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?:
Date tape pulled from vault (or box printed):
2014-05-08
Possible restriction issues:
No
Sensitive language:
No
Date first level cataloging completed:
Thursday, May 8, 2014
CD plays:
Second Level Cataloging completed Date:
2014-05-08
Second Level Cataloging completed Initials:
HRL
Second Level Cataloging Notes and Issues:
For the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Reels Reboxed (see tape assessment):
Reels Rewound:
Production CD (copy) created:
Reel removed for contamination:
No
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