Oral history interview with Mary Marshall Clark, 2020
Abstract
In the first session, Mary Marshall Clark discusses ways of making sense of the pandemic, including her experiences being raised rural North Carolina with little medical care available and her experience living and working in New York City following the terrorist attacks of September 11. She also discusses her daily routines, her work flow, and how politics fit into her understanding of the pandemi c. In the second session, Clark talks about her experiences nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically about the embodiment of fear as it relates to the virus and the political turmoil of 2020. She also analyzes her commitment to activism in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement
College teachers; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; Black lives matter movement; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; United States Race relations 21st century; United States Politics and government 21st century; Clark, Mary Marshall
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
71 pages
Note (Biographical)
Born and raised in rural North Carolina, Mary Marshall Clark is the director of the Center for Oral History Research at Columbia University and co-founder of Columbia University's Oral History Master's Program.
Note
Interviewed by Amy Starecheski on May 7 and November 9, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Mary Marshall Clark, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023