Audio Recording Nelson Malden interview conducted by Candacy A. Taylor, 2018-12-31.

Audio recording of interview with Nelson Malden.
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Title
Nelson Malden interview conducted by Candacy A. Taylor, 2018-12-31.
Summary
Nelson Malden was Martin Luther King's barber. He cut Reverend King's hair for six years from 1954 to 1960 at the Malden Bros. Barbershop, which was located on the first floor of the Ben Moore Hotel, a Green Book site in Montgomery, Alabama. Malden started cutting hair in 1948 and served other legendary figures such as Little Richard, B.B. King, Reverend Abernathy's wife, and many of the civil rights activists who strategized the 1954 Montgomery Bus Boycott. Malden also cut Benjamin Mays' hair and most of the leading Reverends in Montgomery in the 1950s. Malden shares his memories of the first day the of the Montgomery Bus Boycott along with other stories about Mary Fair Burks and Jo Ann Robinson, two of the women who were instrumental in helping Martin Luther King achieve power. Malden also discusses the negative effects of integration on the neighborhood where he worked, and comments on the current state of politics and race today. He was 85 at the time of this 2018 interview.
Contributor Names
Malden, Nelson, interviewee.
Taylor, Candacy A., interviewer.
Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor.
Created / Published
2018-12-31
Subject Headings
-  Malden, Nelson--Interviews
-  Civil rights workers--Alabama--Interviews
-  Freedom Rides, 1961
-  Civil rights movements--Alabama
-  Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
-  African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Interviews
-  Racism
-  African American businesspeople--Interviews
-  African Americans--United States--Travel--Guidebooks
-  African American business enterprises--History
-  Montgomery (Ala.),--event place
Genre
Sound recordings
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Interviews
Oral histories
Personal narratives
Notes
-  Recorded at Mr. Malden's home, Montgomery, Alabama, December 31, 2018.
-  The Green Book--documenting African American entrepreneurs : Archie Green Fellows project, 2018-2019 (AFC 2018/029: 05441) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
-  To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
-  In English.
Medium
1 sound file (wav) (01:26:56) : digital, sound.
4 photographs : digital, jpg, color.
1 manuscript : pdf, text file.
Source Collection
The Green Book--documenting African American entrepreneurs : Archie Green Fellows project, 2018-2019 AFC 2018/029: 05441
Repository
Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2018029.afc2018029_05441_sr01
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Library of Congress Control Number
2020655502
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Chicago citation style:

Malden, Nelson, Interviewee, Candacy A Taylor, and Sponsor Occupational Folklife Project. Nelson Malden interview conducted by Candacy A. Taylor, -12-31. -12-31, 2018. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020655502/.

APA citation style:

Malden, N., Taylor, C. A. & Occupational Folklife Project, S. (2018) Nelson Malden interview conducted by Candacy A. Taylor, -12-31. -12-31. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020655502/.

MLA citation style:

Malden, Nelson, Interviewee, Candacy A Taylor, and Sponsor Occupational Folklife Project. Nelson Malden interview conducted by Candacy A. Taylor, -12-31. -12-31, 2018. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020655502/>.

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