Oral history interview with David Kellum 1971
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- Name
- Kellum, David (Interviewee)
- La Brie, Henry G (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with David Kellum 1971
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of David Kellum : oral history, 1971; Oral history of David Kellum, 1971
- Abstract
- In his 1971 interview with Henry La Brie III, Kellum discusses how he began to work at the Chicago Defender. Later, he describes the origins of the Bud Billiken Club, his collaboration with Lucius Harper, the first Bud Billiken Parade and the involvement of the blackface comics behind Amos 'n' Andy. Kellum also outlines the process of rewriting news stories from a "black angle" and his work after l eaving the Defender. Kellum discusses his role in bringing black and white children together for the Bud Billiken Parade during a period of racial segregation, as well as his efforts toward civil rights and humanitarian work as a journalist.
- Collection Name
- Black Journalists oral history collection
- Subjects
- Journalism--Social aspects; Journalism--Political aspects; Journalists; African American press; African American journalists; African Americans--Civil rights; Chicago (Ill.); United States Race relations; Kellum, David; Chicago defender
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 28 pages; sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96kHz, 24 bit)
- Note (Biographical)
- David Kellum was born in Greenville, Mississippi, in 1903. In 1923, Kellum graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and joined the staff of the Chicago Defender newspaper. Kellum was one of the founders and early coord inators of the Defender Bud Billiken Club and Parade. He died in 1981.
- Note
- Interviewed by Henry G. La Brie III on June 4, 1971.
- Note (Provenance)
- Henry G. La Brie III Gift, 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 11563813
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-nntp-qd95
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.