The HistoryMakers video oral history with Willie McCray.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 6 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2006.051 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | McCray, Willie, 1942-2006, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Willie McCray |
| Portion of title | Willie McCray |
| Abstract | Civil rights activist Willie McCray was born on March 4, 1942 in Columbus, Georgia. McCray attended Carver Vocational High School. In 1960, he moved to Atlanta and was hired as a staff member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Working with Ruby Doris Smith, McCray bailed organizers out of jail and retrieved and fixed cars of civil rights organizers at SNCC's motor pool. McCray followed the movement through Freedom Summer in 1964 and 1965's March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. As SNCC moved toward "Black Power", McCray ended up in jail for a year in 1966. He then resettled in Yellow Springs, Ohio and met activist Hellen O'Neal at SNCC's New York office. They were soon married. McCray was director of security for the Ohio Historical Society's National African American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio. McCray passed away on October 11, 2006 at age 64. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Yellow Springs, Ohio 2006 March 24. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2006.051 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |