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Additional authors

1. Murray, James Briggs
2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. In this oral history interview, Samuel Allen recounts his life as a poet and his early career as a lawyer. He begins the interview with the basic background of his life and family and his early interest in poetry. Despite his early interest in literature, he pursued the study of law as a practical endeavor, but eventually devoted all his energies to his poetry. He attended Fisk University for his undergraduate degree where he studied Sociology and then went on to study law at Harvard.

Subject

1. Oral histories
2. Filmed interviews
3. Nonfiction films
4. United States > Race relations
5. African American poets > Interviews
6. Présence africaine (Paris, France)
7. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Influence
8. Allen, Samuel W > Childhood and youth
9. Allen, Samuel W > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Nonfiction films.
2. Interviews.
3. Oral histories.

Call number

1. Sc DVD-1081

Credits (note)

1. Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

1. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Samuel Allen (also known as Paul Vesey) studied creative writing under James Weldon Johnson at Fisk where he graduated magna cum laude in 1938. He received his JD from Harvard in 1941. Until 1968 when he formally left law for literature, he was active in both fields. Allen's poems were first published by Richard Wright in the journal, "Présence Africaine," and his poetry is today found in many anthologies.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Author

1. Allen, Samuel W., interviewee.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Samuel W. Allen / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.

Production

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1994,

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. Produced and directed by James Briggs Murray.

Performer

1. Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.

Event

1. Recorded September 27, 1994 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Terms of use

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography

1. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Samuel Allen (also known as Paul Vesey) studied creative writing under James Weldon Johnson at Fisk where he graduated magna cum laude in 1938. He received his JD from Harvard in 1941. Until 1968 when he formally left law for literature, he was active in both fields. Allen's poems were first published by Richard Wright in the journal, "Présence Africaine," and his poetry is today found in many anthologies.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
2. Murray, James Briggs, director.
3. Murray, James Briggs, producer.
4. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
5. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Research call number

1. Sc DVD-1081
2. Sc Visual VRC-291b MII videocassette