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Oral history interview with Malvin R. Goode, May 7, 1985

Title
  1. Oral history interview with Malvin R. Goode, May 7, 1985 / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Published by
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
Author
  1. Goode, Mal, 1908-1995

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Additional authors
  1. Murray, James Briggs
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Malvin Goode discusses his family and his life up to 1962, when he was hired by ABC. Memories of grandparents and family history in Va.; family religious affiliations; family stories; parents' background; family land; race relations in Va.; experience attending white schools; discrimination at U. of Pittsburgh; difficulty with professor; employment at steel mill; finances during the Depression; employment opportunities after college education; work as porter in Pittsburgh clothing store and his attempts to counteract racism; financial inequality with white colleagues; confrontation of store owner over racist policies; the dangers of racism to the U.S.; employment by juvenile court and then by YMCA as director of boys' activities; why he left "Y"; how he worked with boys; hiring by Pittsburgh Courier, duties; beginning of broadcasting career; description of his radio program "The Courier Speaks"; story of how he was hired by ABC.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  1. African Americans in radio broadcasting > Interviews
  2. United States > Race relations
  3. Nonfiction films
  4. Filmed interviews
  5. African American journalists > Interviews
  6. Goode, Mal, 1908-1995 > Interviews
  7. Goode, Mal, 1908-1995 > Anecdotes
  8. African Americans in television broadcasting > Interviews
  9. Race discrimination > United States
  10. Oral histories
Genre/Form
  1. Nonfiction films.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Oral histories.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1366
Credits (note)
  1. Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
Terms of use (note)
  1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  1. Malvin Goode is the first African American network correspondent on television.
Author
  1. Goode, Mal, 1908-1995, interviewee.
Title
  1. Oral history interview with Malvin R. Goode, May 7, 1985 / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Publisher
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videodisc
Digital file characteristics
  1. video file DVD
Credits
  1. Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
Event
  1. Recorded May 7, 1985 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
Terms of use
  1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography
  1. Malvin Goode is the first African American network correspondent on television.
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  1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound
Added author
  1. Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1366
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