- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of First Security Investment Company, a real estate and property management company in Los Angeles.
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- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz, blues, and pop singer.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3.35 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz alto and soprano saxophone player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 1.6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz arranger, composer, and trombone player.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-owner of the 27th Street Bakery in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCivil Rights Movement
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Civil rights activist and attorney. Participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz saxophone player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz conductor, producer, and vocalist.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz trombone player.
- Topic:
- EducationAfrican American History
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents efforts to secure quality education for Black students in the Los Angeles area in the years 1950-2000. This includes the issues of integration/desegregation, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and the struggle against discriminatory hiring practic...
- Biographical Note:
- Teacher, elementary school principal, and assistant superintendent for the Los Angeles Unified School District. UCLA adjunct professor of education and Pepperdine University assistant professor of education. Founder of Council of Black Administrators (COBA), National and Western Regional Councils...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArchitecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
- Length:
- 9 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Architects of Los Angeles document the work of selected African American architects who have enhanced the built environment, principally in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Influenced by earlier pioneers such as Paul R. Williams, these individuals ...
- Biographical Note:
- African American architect who designed schools and public buildings, including Carson City Hall and Community Center, Van Nuys State Office Building, and LAX Parking Structures 1, 3, and 4. Championed minorities in the architectural profession, creating mentorship programs for schools in the Los...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 12 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Music teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District and University of Southern California training teacher in the School of Music. Founder of the BEEM (Black Experience as Expressed through Music) Foundation for the Advancement of Music. Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the city of Los ...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz bass player.
- Topic:
- Politics and GovernmentAfrican American History
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1979 to 1980 and 1992 to 2008.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 2.65 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist. Director of the Studio Museum in Harlem.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 3.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. He and Ashe were members of the US Davis Cup together, and Riessen was a player in 1981 when Ashe was Davis Cup captain. Riessen and Ashe also co-founded Players Enterprise Incorpoated in October 1969, the Association of Tennis Profe...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist. Founder of the International Review of African American Art and the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6.4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz bandleader, vocalist, and saxophone player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBooks and Fine Printing
- Length:
- 3.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and owner of the Aquarian Spiritual Center and the Aquarian Bookshop, a black-owned bookstore specializing in materials relevant to African American politics and life.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz double bass player.
- Topic:
- UCLA Student LeadersAfrican American HistoryScience, Medicine, and Technology
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Olympic medal winner and chemist. Founder of the UCLA Graduate Student Association.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 2 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Co-founder, former director, and chairman emeritus of the New York Junior Tennis League (NYJTL).
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 5.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. He was one of Ashe’s closest friends. He and Ashe met in the sixties during their childhood playing in tennis tournaments. Dell later became the captain of the Davis Cup team in 1968 and recruited Ashe to the team. When Dell left as ...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz fluegelhorn and trumpet player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz saxophone player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz bass player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 6.35 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist. Founder of the organization Art West Associated.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Tennis player who met Arthur Ashe as a child while attending Dr. Robert Walter Johnson’s summer tennis camp. Was the first African American tennis player to play in South Africa.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 10.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- 62nd district California State Assembly member from 1935 to 1963. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1991 serving as the he first black politician west of the Mississippi River elected to the House of Representatives.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Buchholz knew Arthur Ashe during his youth playing tennis.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 4 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. He was a lifelong close friend of Ashe. They met during childhood.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 6.2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 21 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Biographical Note:
- Television and music news reporter, news anchor, and actor. Anchor for Los Angeles local news station, KTLA.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArchitecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Architects of Los Angeles document the work of selected African American architects who have enhanced the built environment, principally in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Influenced by earlier pioneers such as Paul R. Williams, these individuals ...
- Biographical Note:
- African American architect who designed homes and churches in Los Angeles, including Chapel of Faith Baptist Church, Greater Life Missionary Baptist Church, and Greater New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 1.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz saxophone, clarinet, and flute player. Music educator at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Arts and owner of a music education studio in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Friend with Ashe. Wife of Donald Dell, one of Arthur Ashe’s closest friends and manager. Traveled to South Africa with Ashe in 1973.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6.3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz woodwind player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz bass player and UCLA adjunct associate professor of music.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Teammate of Ashe on the Charles Sumner High School boys team.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. A childhood friend of Arthur Ashe who spent time in Dr. Walter Johnson’s tennis camp. As a journalist was at the center of Ashe’s disclosure of contracting AIDS.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Participated with Ashe in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at UCLA from 1963 to 1967.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- .75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. He is Deputy Secretary of the US Army and Chairman of the Panama Canal Commission. He attended West Point at the same time that Arthur Ashe came to serve his military commitment. Reeder was on West Point’s tennis team and Ashe coach...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 60 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Biographical Note:
- Choreographer, dancer, and actor. Member, with younger brother Harold Nicholas, of the Nicolas Brothers jazz tap dance duo.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents black women’s activism in Los Angeles from 1950 to the present, showing how women’s roles in the professions and in religious, civic, and social organizations translated into community activism to address disparities in education, healthcare, housing and political rights and...
- Biographical Note:
- Ordained Dean at Westminster Presbyterian and civic activist with the Harvard Heights Block Club, different civic committees, and the American Red Cross. Serves on various courts of the church Presbytery, Synod, General Council, and women's division. Vice President of the national United Presbyte...
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This project is designed to document the lives of Negro League baseball players whose careers spanned the heyday of the league (1920s-1950s) and who grew up in Southern California, who played in the West Coast Professional Baseball League or the California Winter League, or who eventually migrate...
- Biographical Note:
- African American baseball player.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. First African American head pro of Longwood Cricket Club. Sims first met Arthur Ashe in 1972 during Ashe’s visit to MacGregor Park in Texas.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz bass and piano player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 9.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder, director, and chair of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the largest Black-owned insurance companies in the United States.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Tolliver’s Barber Shop in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCivil Rights Movement
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Participant in the Freedom Rides sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to desegregate southern transportation facilities.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- President of Angelus Funeral Home, a long-term black-owned business in Los Angeles founded in 1925. Founder and president of radio station KJLH.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 5.85 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz drummer.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 5.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz drummer.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 9.85 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Los Angeles Public Library librarian. The first black librarian hired in California. Collector of African American material.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz trumpet player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 7.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Prairie View A. & M and California State University, Los Angeles professor of music. Organist of African American hymnal music.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryEducation
- Length:
- 9.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents efforts to secure quality education for Black students in the Los Angeles area in the years 1950-2000. This includes the issues of integration/desegregation, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and the struggle against discriminatory hiring practic...
- Biographical Note:
- First African-American superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. University of California, Los Angeles coordinator of education-related research.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 3.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Second Baptist Church is the oldest African-American church in Los Angeles and the first African American Baptist church established in Southern California. It played a prominent role during the civil rights movement in campaigns against racial discrimination in housing, public accommodations an...
- Biographical Note:
- Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court and one of the first African-American lawyers accepted to the California state bar. Member of the Second Baptist Church.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 6.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- Chief executive officer and chair of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the largest Black-owned insurance companies in the United States.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryPolitics and Government
- Length:
- 14 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with African Americans who were involved in Los Angeles politics from the 1940s to the present day. In addition to African American politicians, it includes individuals who could speak to the political history and influence of the black community in Los Angeles. Th...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1974 to 1991.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 6.35 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist. Creator of ten acres of sculpture near Joshua Tree.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 0.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Hopkins is a childhood friend of Arthur Ashe’s family.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity 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.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryEducation
- Length:
- 3.3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents efforts to secure quality education for Black students in the Los Angeles area in the years 1950-2000. This includes the issues of integration/desegregation, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and the struggle against discriminatory hiring practic...
- Biographical Note:
- Deputy superintendent for the Los Angeles Unified School District and first principal of Locke High School in South Central Los Angeles. Architect and a founder of the Young Black Scholars Program.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Johnson Smith's grandfather is Dr. Robert Walter Johnson. Arthur Ashe attended Dr. Johnson’s summer tennis camp for many years. Johnson Smith knew Ashe during her childhood.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryCommunity History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series Allensworth Community feature recollections of the descendants of Allensworth (California) residents and founders. The town was established in 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth (1842-1914), at that time the highest-ranking African American officer in histor...
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 3 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. They met during their first year at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) while living in Sproul Hall in 1961. They both participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and pledged the historically-Black fraterni...
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Leboff and Ashe participated in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at UCLA from 1961 to 1966.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Founding member of the Watts Prophets, a music and spoken word performance group. Influential in development of hip hop and rap musical styles.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity 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...
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 3 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. He traveled to South Africa with Arthur Ashe in 1974. They remained life long friends.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 12.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz bass player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Woodwind player and composer.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 9.2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist and founder of Gallery 32 in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Ashe was a family friend of the Hazzard family throughout his life.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Second-generation owner of Little Red Hen Coffee Shop in Altadena, California, which was established by Shay’s mother in 1972.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- Civil rights activist and senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church, the oldest black Baptist church in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity 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.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6.15 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz keyboardist.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity 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.
- Topic:
- SportsAfrican American History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This project is designed to document the lives of Negro League baseball players whose careers spanned the heyday of the league (1920s-1950s) and who grew up in Southern California, who played in the West Coast Professional Baseball League or the California Winter League, or who eventually migrate...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the American Negro League. Shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Childhood friends in Richmond, VA. Met at an integrated tennis match in West Virginia and were not able to play each other in their hometown in Richmond, VA due to segregation.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity 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.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Educator, school psychologist, composer, musician, conductor, church and community leader with a focus on gospel music. CEO of the Heritage Music Foundation and founder of the the Gospel House.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity 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.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity 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.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 7.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Dickerson Employee Benefits.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Ashe influenced Freeman’s decision to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1979-1982.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 10.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Biographical Note:
- Journalist, anchorwoman, publicist, and producer.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Second-generation restaurateur and owner of Dulan’s soul food restaurant on Crenshaw Boulevard.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryAfrican American HistoryMusicUCLA Faculty
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- UCLA professor of ethnomusicology. Director of UCLA’s Ethnomusicology Archive.
- Topic:
- SportsAfrican American History
- Length:
- 1 hr.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Teammate of Ashe on the UCLA men’s tennis team. Served as Ashe’s attorney during the early years of Ashe's amateur career.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Mentored Juan Farrow, a young player from Virginia, who was sent to St. Louis, Missouri to train with Richard Hudlin, Ashe’s former coach at Charles Sumner High School.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Coleman Construction in Los Angeles, California.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3.2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Entertainment attorney.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Antique Stove Heaven, a Los Angeles antique stove repair business that opened in the late 1970s.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 2.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Fox and Ashe both played on the UCLA men’s tennis team, though a year apart. In 1963, they both debuted at Wimbledon as doubles partners.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 5.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist.