- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with studio workers who gained entry to the motion picture industry following Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They were donated to the UCLA Center for Oral History Research by Andrew Dawson of the University of Greenwich, London, who conducted them as part ...
- Biographical Note:
- Crewman. One of the first African Americans to work in Hollywood in the areas of stage lighting, rigging, and as a best boy.
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