Emily Yellin and Rosalind Withers
Recorded
March 3, 2020
Archived
March 3, 2020
40:56 minutes
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Id:
ddb002558
Description
Emily Yellin (58) and her conversation partner Rosalind Withers [no age given] discuss the contributions of their fathers in media within the Civil Rights era. Rosalind recalls the imagery her father captured in the Emmett Till trial, the sanitation workers' strike, and her dedication to the preservation of an extensive collection of her father's work.Subject Log / Time Code
EY shares early memories of Ernest Withers; describes one of his photographs; RW shares the number of images in her father's photography collection & describes a grant to preserve her father's work.
RW shares former mayor's background; EY shares about filming of the sanitation strikers archive; EY shares coverage of the James Early Ray trial; recalls time spent in trial with Judge Joe Brown; RW describes a burden in sharing her father's collection
EY talks about busing during the 70s; shares about being a racial minority in the community of Memphis.
RW shares about her background, siblings; shares her purpose in life; importance of her father's work; shares mother's role in the household; RW shares about a daily ritual of prayer to father's photo collection.
EY shares about Striking Voices - a project highlighting the sanitation workers and their families.
Participants
- Emily Yellin
- Rosalind Withers