Nonmusic Recording (Part of Collection)Edward Clinton Davis interview conducted by Candacy A. Taylor, 2018-12-31
Personal name
Main title
- Edward Clinton Davis interview conducted by Candacy A. Taylor, 2018-12-31.
Published/Produced
- 2018-12-31
Links
Links
- Audio recording of interview with Edward Clinton Davis. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2018029.afc2018029_05280_sr01
- Images associated with interview.
- Transcript of interview with Edward Clinton Davis.
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Description
- 1 sound file (wav) (38:26) : digital, sound.
- 2 photographs : digital, jpg, color.
- 1 manuscript : pdf, text file.
Rights advisory
- Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access advisory
- Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Local shelving no.
- AFC 2018/029: 05280
Biography/History note
- 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.
Summary
- Dr. Edward Davis talks about his father's role in owning the Ben Moore, a Green Book hotel in Montgomery Alabama. His father purchased seventeen properties in the neighborhood street where the Ben Moore hotel was located. Davis inherited all of the properties after his father passed and he discusses the challenges of being a property owner and his efforts to preserve the building. Davis shares a story about his dad, who chased Reverend Ralph Abernathy with a hatchet after he caught Abernathy having an affair with his wife. Dr. Martin Luther King wrote an article about the incident in Jet Magazine. Clinton's father sued Jet Magazine for 75,000 and won.
LC Subjects
- Davis, Edward Clinton--Interviews.
- Civil rights workers--Alabama.
- African American civil rights workers--Alabama.
- African American press.
- Family-owned business enterprises.
- Architecture.
- Self-employed.
- Small business.
- African American businesspeople--Interviews.
- African Americans--United States--Travel--Guidebooks.
- African American business enterprises--History.
- Montgomery (Ala.), event place.
Form/Genre
Notes
- Recorded at the Ben Moore Hotel, Montgomery, Alabama, December 31, 2018.
- In English.
Cite as
- The Green Book--documenting African American entrepreneurs : Archie Green Fellows project, 2018-2019 (AFC 2018/029: 05280) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
LCCN
- 2020655492
Geographic area code
- n-us-al
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
Type of material
- Nonmusic Recording (Part of Collection)
Content type
- spoken word
- still image
Media type
- audio
- computer
Carrier type
- online resource
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
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- American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG53)