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These interviews consist primarily of interviewees discussing their relationships with Claude Barnett, their work at the Associated Negro Press, and Barnett's ongoing efforts at improving race relations. In addition, many interviewees comment on the difficulties they encountered while working for the Press and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement.
Davis, Frank Marshall
Johnson, Ernest E.
Patterson, Frederick Douglass, II
Richardson, Harry V.
Scott, C.A.
Walker, William O.
Waters, Enoc P.
Wilkins, Roy
| Interviewee: | Davis, Frank Marshall |
| Call number: | 77-001 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | January 2, 1977 |
| Physical Description: | 27 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; no index |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Hogan, Lawrence D. |
Frank Marshall Davis, born in 1905, describes his education, early work experience and how he came to work for the Associated Negro Press. He talks about Claude Barnett and their relationship over the years. He also talks about multiple organizations that he came in contact with for work.
American Negro Exposition
Associated Negro Press
Atlanta Daily
World
Chicago
Defender
FBI
Friends University
Gary American
Julius Rosenwald Fund
Kansas State College
NAACP
National Negro Newspaper Publishers
Association
Republican National Committee
Tuskegee Institute
United States Commerce Department
United States Department of Agriculture
W.B. Ziff Advertising Agency
Abbott, Robert S.
Anderson, Marian
Barnett, Albert
Barnett, Claude
Brascher, Naham Daniel
Gordon, Eugene
Hoover, Herbert C.
Jackson, James "Billboard"
Jones, Dewey
Louis, Joe
Moton, Etta
Pickens, William
Prattis, Percival L.
Reynolds, C.W.
Reynolds, Hatty
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Scott, William A.
Vann, Robert
Walker, William O.
Walton, Lester
White, Alvin E.
Atlanta, Georgia
Chicago, Illinois
Gary, Indiana
Manhattan, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
journalist
Black newspapers
Scottsboro Boys
funding issues
integration
newspapers
racial bias
| Interviewee: | Johnson, Ernest E. |
| Call number: | 76-068 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | December 2, 1976-December 3, 1976 |
| Physical Description: | 77 pp.; 3 reels, 1 7/8 ips, 180 minutes; appendix, newspaper clipping |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Hogan, Lawrence D. |
Ernest E. Johnson, born in 1913, talkis about his experience working for the Associated Negro Press. He chronicles the difficulties he encountered. He spends a substantial amount of time talking about the people he worked with. Also included are 77 pages of correspondence Mr. Johnson kept over the years. These letters span his career.
Amalgamated Publishers
Amalgamated Publishers
American Newspaper Guild
American West Indian
News
Associated Negro Press
Black Dispatch
Chicago
Defender
Eagle
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Long Island University
NAACP
National Baptist Convention
National Negro Business League
National Urban League
Negro Digest
New York Amsterdam
News
New York Times
P.M.
People's Voice
Tuskegee Institute
United Nations
United Nations Economic and Social Council
United Negro College Fund
United States Department of Agriculture
Voice of America
Adams, Julius
Anderson, Trez
Bancroft, Griffin
Barnett, Claude
Bolton, Frances
Brown, Heywood
Brown, Mattie Julian
Brown, Warren
Browning, Charlie
Burley, Dan
Chase, Bill
Clark, Conrad
Craig, Mae
Cunard, Nancy
Daniels, Jonathan
Davidson, Eugene
Davis, Frank Marshall
Davis, John W.
Dougherty, Romeo
Field, Marshall
Forrestal, James
Gibson, Truman K. Jr
Gibson, Truman K. Jr.
Giles, Grace
Gordon, Eugene
Granger, Lester
Gruson, Sidney
Hall, Chatwood
Hicks, Jimmy
Holsey, Albon L.
Jackson, Fay
Lacour, Joseph
Lautier, Louis
Lawson, Edward
Lewis, Flora
Lewis, Ira
McAlpin, Harry
McAlpin, Harry
Moses, Alvin
Murphy, Carl
Nunn, Bill
Patterson, Frederick Douglass, II
Pierrepointe, Reggie
Poston, Ted
Poston, Ted
Powell, Adam C.
Powell, Adam C.
Powell, C.B.
Prattis, Percival L.
Prattis, Percival L.
Randolph, Phil
Rowe, Billy
Rowe, Billy
Sengstacke, John
Smith, Mersiman
Stanley, Frank
Timberlake, Clair
Walker, William O.
Washington, Booker T.
Wesley, Carter
White, Alvin E.
White, Walter
Wilkins, Roy
Wilkins, Roy
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
India
London, England
New York, New York
Walterboro, South Carolina
Washington, DC
West Indies
newspaper columnist
newspaper reporter
Negro Press
communists
newspapers
| Interviewee: | Patterson, Frederick Douglass, II |
| Call number: | 77-017 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | June 17, 1977 |
| Physical Description: | 25 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; no index |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Hogan, Lawrence D. |
Frederick Douglass Patterson II, born on October 10, 1901, discusses Claude Barnett, especially their relationship regarding the Tuskegee Institute. Patterson tells about Barnetts' work to improve race relations between blacks and whites and also to improve education possibilites for African-Americans. Patterson tells about the people who Barnett worked with both in the newspaper business and in his political maneuvering.
American Red Cross
Negro Farmer
Associated Negro Press
Colored Merchants Association
Hampton Institute
National Negro Business League
Robert R. Moton Institute
Tuskegee Institute
Alexander, Archie
Atkins, Russell
Baker, Newton C.
Barnett, Claude
Barnett, Etta Moton
Bolton, Frances
Brooks, Mamie
Gibson, Truman K. Jr.
Holsey, Albon L.
Hoover, Herbert C.
Jackson, James "Billboard"
Moton, Catherine
Moton, Robert R.
Patterson, Frederick Douglass, II
Patterson, William Ross
Prattis, Prentice
Scott, Emmet
Vann, Robert
Washington, Booker T.
Africa
Chicago, Illinois
New York, New York
author
chief executive officer
New Deal
African-Americans
funding colleges
race relations
| Interviewee: | Richardson, Harry V. |
| Call number: | 77-012 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | April 7, 1977 |
| Physical Description: | 31 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 70 minutes |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Hogan, Lawrence D. |
Harry Richardson talks about his knowledge of Claude Barnett and the black press. He also talks about race relations, religion, and the Back to Africa movement
Chicago
Defender
Associated Negro Press
Associated Press
Chase National Bank
Colored Merchants Association
Gannon Seminary
NAACP
National Negro Business League
Phelps Stokes Foundation
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance
Tuskegee Institute
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Commerce
Rockefeller
Barnett, Claude
Camon, Thomas Monroe
Davis, John P.
Holsey, Albon L.
Hoover, Herbert C.
Moton, Robert R.
Patterson, Frederick Douglass, II
Rosenwald, Julius
Washington, Booker T.
Wilkins, Roy
Africa
Alabama
Atlanta, Georgia
Birmingham, Alabama
Chicago, Illinois
Liberia
Washington, DC
chaplain
Back to Africa movement
Black press
Freemasonry
New Deal
World War II
desegregation
politics
race relations
segregation
| Interviewee: | Scott, C.A. |
| Call number: | 77-011 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | April 8, 1977 |
| Physical Description: | 30 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8ips, 70 minutes; no index |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Hogan, Lawrence D. |
C.A. Scott, born in 1908, discusses running a black newspaper. He talks about difficulties between blacks and whites and changes in race relations over the years. He talks about changes in publishing and acceptance of black reporters and newspapers. He also talks about howblack newspapers affected the Civil Rights Movement.
Associated Negro Press
Atlanta Daily
World
Atlanta School of Social Work
Chicago
Defender
Cleveland Call and
Post
Hiram College
National Negro Press Association
White House Correspondents Association
Barnett, Claude
Davis, Benjamin
Davis, Frank Marshall
Dunnigan, Alice
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
McAlpin, Harry
Prattis, Percival L.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Thomas, Jessie O.
Walker, William O.
Africa
Atlanta, Georgia
Fuers, Mississippi
Hiram, Ohio
Washington, DC
Civil Rights Movement
Great Depression
discrimination
politics
religion
segregation
voting
| Interviewee: | Walker, William O. |
| Call number: | 80-042 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | April 18, 1980 |
| Physical Description: | 18 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 40 minutes; 6 page article: "Don't Order the Coffin Yet...The Corpse is Still Alive" |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Hogan, Lawrence D. |
William O. Walker tells about his experiences as a black newspaper reporter and owner during the nineteen twenties, nineteen thirties, and nineteen forties. He talks about Claude Barnett's influence on breaking down the barriers between blacks and whites. He tells about different newpapers and the types of news they covered as well as other influential men and women both in the newspaper business and in politics.
Associated Negro Press
Black Tribune
Chicago
Defender
Cleveland Call and
Post
Courier
Indianapolis
Freeman
NAACP
Tuskegee Institute
Barnett, Claude
Davidson, Eugene
DePriest, Oscar
Johnson, Earnest
Mitchell, Arthur
Prattis, Percival L.
Scott, C.A.
Wallace, Henry A.
White, Alvin E.
Alabama
New York, New York
Washington, DC
Black news organizations
Black theater
Black war correspondents
New Deal
World War II
journalism
politics
segregation
| Interviewee: | Waters, Enoc P. |
| Call number: | 76-053 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | July 19, 1976 |
| Physical Description: | 36 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 65 minutes |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Hogan, Lawrence D. |
Enoc P. Waters talks about his relationship with Claude Barnett and the Associated Negro Press. He tells about his experiences as a black reporter and the difficulties he encountered. He also talks about difficulties in general for both blacks and the black press in the nineteen thirties and nineteen forties. At the end of his interview he mentions the names of a number of people who were prominant in the black press during those years.
Associated Negro Press
Chicago
Defender
National Airman's Association
Tuskegee Institute
United States Air Force
United States Department of Agriculture
Rosenwald
Abbott, Robert S.
Barnett, Claude
Drake, St. Clair
Dunnigan, Alice
Forrestal, James
Murrow, Edward R.
White, Alvin E.
Africa
Washington, DC
Black newspapers
sports reporting
journalism
politics
politics
| Interviewee: | Wilkins, Roy |
| Call number: | 76-069 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | December 2, 1976 |
| Physical Description: | 20 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 50 minutes |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Hogan, Lawrence D. |
Roy Wilkins tells about his experiences working in the black press. He talks about the financial difficulties they faced as well as the problems of segregation and discrimination. He also talks about Claude Barnett and the impact he had in the Associated Negro Press and in politics.
Associated Negro Press
Associated Press
Chicago
Defender
Kansas City
Call
NAACP
Tuskegee Institute
Barnett, Claude
Beckwith, Carl
Lacour, Joseph
Lewis, Ira
Murphy, Carl
Parker, Judge
Rhodes, E. Washington
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Seligmann, Herbert
White, Walter
Black press
advertising
journalism
politics
segregation