| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/7/3 |
| Title | Sound recording of Charlotte Brooks talking about her work, experience of racial segregation and black history as a black woman in America |
| Level | File |
| Date | July 1968 |
| Description | Recording of interview by Charles Parker of Charlotte Brooks (CB) talking about her work, experience of racial segregation and black history as a black woman in America.
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.14 Description of track: [silent start to tape]
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.24 Description of track: CB talks about denigrating terminology referring to black people; describes example of her work as a consultant with a group of 150 white and 15 black people in area of Mississippi which decided in 1968 to desegregate (law passed in 1954) and their treatment of her as a black woman
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 3.53 Description of track: relating to consultancy work above CB describes having to tell the white audience about their own dialect which they were unaware of [some distortion during track]
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.52 Description of track: talks about Alex Hayley and book he is working on about his African ancestors and dialect and research he did
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 0.47 Description of track: describes procedure of cotton picking
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 1.38 Description of track: says that young black people are now interested in their ancestry; talks a little about slavery
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 3.36 Description of track: returns to research of Alex Haley into his African ancestors for his book [tape stops suddenly]
Total duration: (min/sec): 16.26 |
| Related Material | See also MS 4000/3 for written documentation on the themes of Education and Ethnic Communities |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number PF235 S107 9874
Original tape:
Size: 5" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Stereo
Dubbing Date: 11/02 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |