| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/7/12 |
| 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 | 22 November 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): 0.11 Description of track: [silent start to tape]
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 4.05 Description of track: talks about ease of enslaving African people; mentions people that believe the passing of the Fourteenth Amendment and freeing of the slaves should never have happened; CB still hopeful due to her own work of teaching acceptance (through creative drama, role play, discussion), great teachers she has encountered
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 2.45 Description of track: CB teaches acceptance of children as they are; invited to talk as people hear of her work; talks to both black and white; this work not done in the name of Washington DC Public Schools but her own initiative
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.37 Description of track: talks about her difficult childhood as an excluded black and belief in her teaching; has a full time job with Washington DC schools as well as her teaching of acceptance
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: talks about use of blacks in American forces which many not aware of including Vietnam
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 3.50 Description of track: talks about black student revolt and attitudes of young black people
Total duration: (min/sec): 16.24 |
| Related Material | See also MS 4000/3 for written documentation on the themes of Education and Ethnic Communities |
| Physical Description | 1 x CD-R (listening copy of a 1 x 5" reel audio tape)1 tape box (annotated) Charlotte Brooks 107 - 2Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number PF235 S108 1774
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 |