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Title Interview with Edmund Barry Gaither
Library Henry Hampton Collection, Film & Media Archive, Washington University Libraries
Collection Name Henry Hampton Collection
Collection Overview These oral history interviews are part of the 'I'll Make Me A World: African-American Artists in the 20th Century' collection, a celebration of some extraordinary achievements by African-American writers, dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and other influential artists of the 20th Century.
Date 2 Oct 1997
Description Edmund Barry Gaither graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts and furthered his education at Brown University. In this interview, Brown discusses the Harlem Renaissance, and also identifies the major issues for the African-American artists of today.
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Arts and Culture
Keywords arts, scholarship, racial tensions, employment, education, youth, community organisations
Places Harlem, New York
People Van Vechten, Carl; Savage, Augusta; Bearden, Romare; Lawrence, Jacob; Lee, Spike; Basquiat, Jean-Michel
Organisations/Associations Black Arts Movement (BAM)
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis.
Name Gaither, Edmund Barry
Interviewer Strain, Tracy Heather
Date of Recording 2 Oct 1997
Duration 01:34:16
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