James Yates interview, undated. Digital
FOUND IN:
Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
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Collection:
Papers of Gail Lumet Buckley, 1883-2011
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Series:
Series IV. AUDIOVISUAL, 1974-1990 (#T-533.1-T-533.40)
Scope and Contents
Yates discusses participating in the Spanish Civil War, political opinions about the Spanish Civil War, violence against uniformed Black veterans, being anti-Fascist, his parents' and grandparents' experiences of the American Civil War and aftermath, his father's involvement with the Marcus Garvey movement, protesting the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, his book Mississippi to Madrid, Paul Robeson, the Delano grape strike, and Black Wall Street (Tulsa, Oklahoma).