Dr. Robert Smith interviewed by Carl S. Slade, Audio and Transcript.

Title: Dr. Robert Smith interviewed by Carl S. Slade, Audio and Transcript.
Date: 1990-04-25
Creator: Robert Smith See all items with this value
Contributor: Carl S. Slade
Description: Dr. Robert Smith was founder of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, a Civil Rights Movement organization that fought for better treatment of African Americans in the 1960s. Dr. Smith continued this work as the Head Start medical director in the early days of the program. He talks about his responsibilities and experiences in that position.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Health See all items with this value; Education See all items with this value; Civil Rights Movement See all items with this value
Location: Jackson; Hinds County; Mississippi; United States
Type: Audio; Textual document
Medium: Audiocassettes - 1/8 inch (standard)
Measurements: 39 min
Format: PDF; MP4
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.oh.2022.hs.aud14
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0417
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Collection: Head Start Oral History Collection See all items with this value
Language: English

Item sets: Ephemera & Objects; HBCU Activism: Doing Battle Where We Stand; Jackson State University Collections