Bascom, Marion Curtis, 1925-2012
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1925-03-14 - 2012-05-17
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Marion Bascom (1922-2012) interview, 2006 April 25
Item
Identifier: OH 9931
Summary
Interview done as part of series of interviews related to the civil rights movement in Maryland. Interviewees were students at Doris M. Johnson High School.
Dates:
2006 April 25
Marion C. Bascom (1922-2012), 1974 November 5
Item
Identifier: OH 8228
Summary
Priests, rabbis, and ministers who worked with him on civil rights and the Gwynn Oak demonstrations in 1963; pessimism on black unemployment in Baltimore and the influence of the media; the importance of strong leadership.
Dates:
1974 November 5
Reverend Marion Bascom, 1976 June 18
File
Identifier: OH 8128
Abstract
Reverend Marion Bascom (1925-2012) was a civil rights activist, a minister at Douglas Memorial Community Church, and the first Black fire commissioner in Baltimore, Maryland. In this interview, Bascom discusses how he became involved in the civil rights movement and his association with Douglas Memorial Community Church in Baltimore's Bolton Hill neighborhood. Bascom speaks about the evolution of the Republican Party and criticizes its lack of concern for the welfare of Black Americans. He...
Dates:
1976 June 18