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Title Interview with Gerald Early
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 5 Oct 1997
Description Gerald Early is an American essayist and American culture critic. In this interview Early discusses African-American arts and culture, especially music genres and eras such as the Jazz Age and Motown.
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Arts and Culture
Keywords arts, music, Harlem Renaissance, sport, civil liberties
Places New York, New York; Detroit, Michigan
People Walker, George; Williams, Bert; Du Bois, W E B; Poitier, Sidney; Baldwin, James; Hansberry, Lorraine; Armstrong, Louis; Van Vechten, Carl; Ellington, Duke; Robinson, Jackie; Robeson, Paul; Hurston, Zora Neale; Rainey, Ma; Smith, Bessie; Wright, Richard
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis.
Name Early, Gerald
Interviewer Pollard, Sam
Date of Recording 5 Oct 1997
Duration 01:44:34
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