Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History

An Interview with Reverend Ed King, March 26, 1981 / interviewed by John Jones[sound recording].

By: King, Ed, (Ralph Edwin) Rev, 1936-.
Contributor(s): Jones, John Griffin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelSoundDescription: 1 reel to reel tape (182 min.) : analog, 15/16ths ips ; 5 in.Subject(s): Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, (Theodore Gilmore), 1877-1947 | King, Ed, (Ralph Edwin) Rev., 1936- | Evers, Charles, 1922- | Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | Demonstrations -- 1960-1970 | Civil rights -- Mississippi | Voter registration -- Mississippi | Race relations -- MississippiGenre/Form: Oral histories.Online resources: Transcript Link to Electronic Resource for Transcript
Contents:
Part 1 -- Civil Rights Movement after Medgar Evers' death -- Charles Evers and the NAACP -- NAACP settlement -- Charles Evers and nonviolence -- Voter registration -- Youth choirs and marching -- Charles Evers and the black people's struggle -- FDP Atlantic City convention -- Leadership after Medgar Evers' death -- Part 2 -- Leadership after Medgar Evers' death continued -- The march on D. C. -- Leaving the NAACP -- Blacks and their own leaders -- "Pop the whip" and Charles Evers -- Death threats on King's life -- Armed squad -- The Jackson Movement and Charles Evers -- The summer of 1963 and voting -- Voting Rights Act and Charles Evers -- Part 3 -- Recounting Bilbo story -- SNCC in Jackson -- The Kennedy Administration and funding -- The march on Washington D. C. -- Nonviolent army -- SNCC at the march -- Radical SNCC workers in 1963 -- Nonviolent terrorism -- Thompson's Tank -- Violence -- SNCC politics.
Summary: Interview of Reverend Ed King was conducted by John Jones on March 26, 1981.
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Online Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Electronic Archives Online Electronic Resource AU 107 Not for loan Link to Electronic Resource for Transcript 115893
See Media Staff Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Oral History Audio and Transcripts Media Room AU 107 Not for loan Access in Media Room; headphones required. B143221

Part 1 -- Civil Rights Movement after Medgar Evers' death -- Charles Evers and the NAACP -- NAACP settlement -- Charles Evers and nonviolence -- Voter registration -- Youth choirs and marching -- Charles Evers and the black people's struggle -- FDP Atlantic City convention -- Leadership after Medgar Evers' death -- Part 2 -- Leadership after Medgar Evers' death continued -- The march on D. C. -- Leaving the NAACP -- Blacks and their own leaders -- "Pop the whip" and Charles Evers -- Death threats on King's life -- Armed squad -- The Jackson Movement and Charles Evers -- The summer of 1963 and voting -- Voting Rights Act and Charles Evers -- Part 3 -- Recounting Bilbo story -- SNCC in Jackson -- The Kennedy Administration and funding -- The march on Washington D. C. -- Nonviolent army -- SNCC at the march -- Radical SNCC workers in 1963 -- Nonviolent terrorism -- Thompson's Tank -- Violence -- SNCC politics.

Original tapes are restricted.

Interview of Reverend Ed King was conducted by John Jones on March 26, 1981.

Audio recording MP3 files, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2007. Audio recording transferred to WAV files then converted to MP3 files.

Transcript PDF file, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2014. Transcript scanned as PDF file.

Mode of access: Internet browser with PDF reader and MP3 player.