Oral History Interviews

CORE ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS

Stuart Wechsler interview

stuart wechsler.MP3

Oral history interview conducted for research on Harambee City.

John McClaughry and Gar Aperovitz Interview

McClaury and Aperovitz.mp3

Oral history interview on the Community Self Determination Bill, CORE, John McClaughry, and Gar Aperovitz.

George Houser Interview

Geroge Houser 2004 (1).wav

Houser covers his activism inside and outside of CORE. He reviews his early influences, early CORE sit-ins, 1940s Cleveland, Vanguard League, Black…

Juanita Nelson II

Juanita Nelson interview.mp3

History of CORE and Nelson's leadership of the Cleveland chapter, 1940s, Howard University and Pauli Murray, Life in Cleveland, Cincinnati CORE

Oral History Interview with Alice Huffman, Cleveland Target City staff member

Alice Huff.mp3

Alice Huffman discusses her time with Cleveland Target City and her subsequent interest in black power politics. Huffman also covers black political…

Bonnie Gordon, Jean Tussey

Bonnie Gordon interview tape 1 and 2.mp3

Gordon discusses black power, internal fight with SWP, white membership in CORE, Socialist background, Civil Rights Background, Freedom Fighters,…

Oral History Interview with Stanley Tolliver, Former Atty for CORE

Stanley Tolliver #1.mp3

This interview is in 3 parts. He discusses early Cleveland, 1940s black community, his development as a lawyer, and his initial activities in the…

Oral History with JoAnne Hardy Klunder

Joanne Hardy Tape 1.mp3

Covers early CORE and husband's activities with Cleveland civil rights. Some skipping on the tape.

Oral History interview with John Frazier

John Frazier 2 7 10 and Cleveland HADC.mp3

Unitarian history, Cleveland activism, HADC

Interview with Roy Innis

Innis interview march 1, 2013.MP3

Early history with CORE, black nationalism, leadership within CORE

Franklin Anderson Interview 2

Frank Anderson_01.mp3

Franklin Anderson discusses Cleveland CORE, Target City Project, black Power, and Cleveland community.

Oral History Interviews with Ruth Turner, 3 parts

Ruth Turner Tape 1.mp3

discusses early life and initial activities in the civil rights movement

Oral History Interviews with Harllel Jones, 2 interviews

Harllel Jones Interview.mp3

Personal history, Afro-Set, Cleveland's black community, civil rights and black power movements.

Oral History Interview with Tony Perot- partial interview

Tony Perot 3_19_04 tape 2.mp3

Murray Hill mob, nonviolence in CORE, changes within CORE

Franklin Anderson interview 3

Anderson Tape 1.mp3

Early interest in CORE, Cleveland CORE - Chairman, Hough Area Development Corporation (HADC), political activities and Republican political…

Oral History Interviews with Harllel Jones, 2 interviews

Harllel Jones Interview.mp3

Personal history, Afro-Set, Cleveland's black community, civil rights and black power movements.

Arthur Evans interview

Arthur Evans.m4a

Covers early stage of black nationalism in CORE; Albert Cleage, RAM, CORE and school desegregation, women in the movement.

Bruce Melville side 1a

Bruce Melville tape 1 a side.m4a

History of CORE, rent strikes and school desegregation protests, white participation in CORE and black leadership, black nationalism, tensions with…

Bruce Melville, Side 1b

Bruce Melville tape 1b side.m4a

History of CORE, rent strikes and school desegregation protests, white participation in CORE and black leadership, black nationalism, tensions with…

Bruce Melville, Tape 2

Bruce Melville 2nd ntrvu may 27 2004.m4a

History of CORE, rent strikes and school desegregation protests, white participation in CORE and black leadership, black nationalism, tensions with…