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61. Interview of Mark Gold

Topic:
Social Movements
Environmental Movement
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
Biographical Note:
Associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability at UCLA.

62. Interview of Conner Everts

Topic:
Social Movements
Environmental Movement
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and co-chair of the Desal Response Group.

63. Interview of Miguel Luna

Topic:
Social Movements
Environmental Movement
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
Biographical Note:
Principal in DakeLuna Consultants, an urban design consulting group. Stream restoration specialist for Heal the Bay, founder of Urban Semillas, and creator of youth-oriented educational courses on watershed issues known as “Agua Universities."

64. Interview of Daniel Hirsch

Topic:
Social Movements
Environmental Movement
Length:
7.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
Biographical Note:
Founder of Committee to Bridge the Gap. Director, Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy, University of California, Santa Cruz.

65. Interview of Ernie Smith

Topic:
African American History
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
California State University, Fullerton, professor of linguistics and expert on ebonics.

66. Interview of Lillian Mobley

Topic:
Social Movements
African American History
Community Activism
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Advocate for Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. Executive director of South Central Multipurpose Senior Citizen Center.

67. Interview of Earnest Preacely

Topic:
Social Movements
African American History
Community Activism
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Black Congress and the Long Beach Community Improvement League.

68. Interview of Clifford McClain

Topic:
African American History
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Founding member of the Brotherhood Crusade. Manager of the Vera Davis McClendon Youth and Family Center.

69. Interview of Hiawatha Harris

Topic:
African American History
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Mental health specialist and psychiatrist. Medical director of the Community Mental Health Center in Los Angeles.

70. Interview of Tommy Jacquette

Topic:
Social Movements
African American History
Community Activism
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Co-founder and executive director of the Watts Summer Festival.

71. Interview of Brenda Marsh-Mitchell

Topic:
Social Movements
African American History
Community Activism
Length:
2.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Co-founder and president of Mothers in Action.

72. Interview of Alice Harris

Topic:
African American History
Social Movements
Community Activism
Length:
2.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Founder and executive director of Parents of Watts.

73. Interview of Sylvia Drew Ivie

Topic:
Social Movements
African American History
Community Activism
Length:
4.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Advocate for Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. Executive director of T.H.E. (To Help Everyone) Clinic. Executive director of the National Health Law Program, staff attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and director of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health an...

74. Interview of Ernest H. Smith

Topic:
Social Movements
African American History
Community Activism
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
Biographical Note:
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science professor of medicine. Education and health activist.

75. Interview of Alice McGrath (1984-85)

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Sleepy Lagoon Case
Civil Liberties
Length:
16.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Activist. Executive secretary for the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee and volunteer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

76. Interview of Harry Hay

Topic:
Social Movements
LGBT Movement
Length:
17.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founder of the Mattachine Society, an early gay rights organization and Radical Faeries, a gay spiritual movement.

77. Interview of Paul Schrade

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
15.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the western region of the United Automobile Workers and advisor to Robert Kennedy.

78. Interview of Ben Dobbs

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Labor Movement
Length:
14.6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor organizer and executive committee member of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.

79. Interview of James L. Daugherty

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
13.3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Union organizer and president of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 1414. President of the California Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and member of the Communist Party.

80. Interview of Len De Caux

Topic:
Social Movements
Journalism
Labor Movement
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor activist and publicity director for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).