Audio recordings of taped radio show episodes, primarily from the series The Afro-American in Indiana, but also including the additional programs Reflections in Black and Black Heritage , as well as a radio special and recordings from a NAACP convention. The radio shows, hosted by Fr. Boniface Hardin, featured multiple high-profile guests. The episode topics includes sports, music, education, historiography, slavery, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, segregation, the Indiana Constitution, the United States Constitution, church, religion, the NAACP, WWI, WWII, medicine, black businesses, the Institute of Afro American Studies, prison, labor history, and more.
Creators:
George, Luvenia A., 1930-
Dates:
1905-2003, bulk 1935-1998
Repository/Collector:
Archives of African American Music and Culture
Repository/Collector Type:
College or university
City:
Bloomington
State:
Indiana
Country:
United States
Collection ID:
SC 165
Extent:
124 open reel tapes + 6 audiocassettes
Content types:
Performed music and Spoken word
Formats:
Analog audiocassette and Open reel tape (unknown material)
Carrier types:
Audiocassette and Audiotape reel
Indexing terms:
Chaney, William, Cornell, Ken, Harkness, Jerry, Holman, Marsha, Hudnut, William H., 1932-2016, Schilling, Jane Edward, Smith, Dwight, Spalding, Bill, Martin University, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education--Indiana, African Americans--Historiography, African Americans--Indiana, African Americans--Indiana--Politics and government, African Americans--Music, African Americans--Religion, African Americans in medicine, Athletics, Catholic Church, Constitutions--United States, Constitutions--United States--States, Indiana--History, Labor movement--United States--History, Segregation--United States, Slavery--United States, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1939-1945, Interviews (Sound recordings), and Radio programs
Languages:
English
Access statement:
This collection is open for research. Most of the original tape recordings have been digitized and are available to stream online. Where streaming audio is available, links to indiviudal recordings are included below with the tape descriptions. Contact the AAAMC staff for more details.
Usage statement:
All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture. Some publication requests may also require the written permission of the interviewer, interviewees, and/or performers.