Richardson, Richard

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Louis Lazerus Goldstein (1913-1998) served as comptroller of Maryland for ten terms, from 1959 to 1998. In this oral history interview, Goldstein discusses his involvement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Theodore R. McKeldin's achievements and fight for civil rights in the Maryland State Senate.

Abstract Luther Harold Stuckey (1894-1992) was a teacher, civil rights activist, and a leader in the desegregation of public facilities in Charles County, Maryland. He served as the the President of the Charles County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for 24 years. In this oral history interview, Stuckey shares his experiences as a civil rights activist during the Jim Crow era in Southern Maryland. He discusses his advocacy work to remove the “white...

Abstract Marshall Travis Bright, Sr. (1903-1991) was a United States Postal Service worker, community service director of the Baltimore chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and a city elections judge. In this oral history interview, Bright discusses civil rights issues within the U. S. Postal Service; family friendship with freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson; NAACP and Urban League relations; Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Freedom House; and...

Abstract Thomas Ludwig John D’Alesandro, III (1929-2019) was an attorney and politician that served as the 43rd mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1967-1971. His father, Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr served as a congressman and three-term mayor of Baltimore. While Theodore R. McKeldin was mayor, D’Alesandro, III was the City Council President as well as president of the Board of Estimates. In this oral history interview, D’Alesandro discusses McKeldin’s work to pass legislation to desegregate and enhance...

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From 1937 to 1974, Mildred Kemp Momberger (1912-2005) was the personal secretary and administrative assistant to Theodore R. McKeldin, who was Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland. In this oral history interview, Momberger discusses McKeldin's life and career, especially his early years and involvement with civil rights as the mayor of Baltimore; the Herring Run Housing Project; McKeldin's campaigns for mayor and governor; and the 1952 Republican Convention.

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Paul Jacob Bailey (1905-1994) served as the Republican State Senator from St. Mary's County, Maryland from 1946 to 1954. In this oral history interview, Bailey discusses Theodore R. McKeldin speaking in Saint Mary's County in the late 1920s; and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Southern Maryland.

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...

Abstract Silas E. Craft (1918-1995) was a school principal who promoted education for Black students in Howard County, Maryland. He helped to open the first Black high school in the county, the now defunct Harriet Tubman High School, and was its first principal from 1949 to 1956. Craft also contributed to the reorganization and revitalization of the Howard County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In this oral history interview, Craft discusses his early...

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Solomon Liss (1915-1988) served on the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Maryland beginning in 1968 and was an advisor on metropolitan affairs to Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin in 1963. In this oral history interview, Liss discusses the Public Accommodations Bill and Equal Employment Act; his opinions of McKeldin; the influence of Judge Simon Sobeloff; the leadership and courage of freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson; and McKeldin and Jackson as compatriots.

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Vernon John Naimaster (1929-1992) was a Great Titan of the Maryland Ku Klux Klan. In this oral history interview, Naimaster discusses the lawsuit he brought against Lillie May Carroll Jackson, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, and the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) over the loss of his job; and provides his opinions on the general effects of integration on white Americans.