Title Work

Title No: 582

Title: Interview with Joseph Smitherman

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Recorded Sound

Date: 5 Dec  1985 (Created)

Interview of former Mayor Joseph Smitherman conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Selma campaign during the time that Smitherman was mayor of that town, including the Selma to Montgomery Rights March.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 45 min 20 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.); White Citizens councils; Selma (Ala.)--Race relations; Selma (Ala.)

Name As Subjects: Smitherman, Joseph; Baker, Wilson director of public safety; Clark, James G.; King, Martin Luther Jr.