| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/7/4 |
| 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): 0.12 Description of track: [silent start to tape]
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 2.25 Description of track: CB talks about the slave trade; describes example of great teaching by Alex Hayley where he communicated positively about black issues with a group of disadvantaged students
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.15 Description of track: CP makes his own point that can have areas which are 'cultured' and 'common'
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.37 Description of track: CB talks about a stage play [not named] which includes slavery and the civil war through to emancipation; can obtain words of play on record; reactions to play
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.22 Description of track: refers to white people 'arming themselves' in Detroit and other areas in America for black riots they anticipate; CB notes that when there were black riots the damage was in the ghettos and the killed were black
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 0.26 Description of track: CB refers to a 'destruction of personality' to black people
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 2.04 Description of track: describes an incident, the 'Algiers Motel Incident', in the riots when police began to operate against the black ghettos, entered a motel and for no reason at least 3 black men were killed
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 4.55 Description of track: talks of the assassination of Martin Luther King; CB describes breaking the curfew in place on residents in Washington DC when she returned home from Minnesota after the assassination; describes incident of the considerate attitude of a white southern taxi driver
Total duration: (min/sec): 16.18 |
| 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 9574
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
Notes: Some feedback and increase in level |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |