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Created by:
National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003  Search this
Recorded by:
Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American  Search this
Interview of:
Edward Theodore Taylor, American, 1932 - 2020  Search this
Interviewed by:
Kelly Elaine Navies, American  Search this
Subject of:
United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration (2016.129.6.1a): 95.93 min.
Duration (2016.129.6.2a): 92.93 min.
152.85 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Randallstown, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Wicomico County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Date:
July 18, 2016
Description:
The oral history consists of 2016.129.6.1a and 2016.129.6.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
Edward Taylor was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Taylor donated a photograph of himself that was taken in Korea during the Korean War to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He was 19 years old at the time the photograph was taken.
Edward Taylor vividly recounts his childhood in the segregated world of Maryland’s eastern shore, including a particularly tragic incident involving racial violence. He continues on to tell the story of his experience as a combat infantryman during the Korean War, after the US military had been recently integrated. This story includes the tale of how he earned two Purple Hearts. Later, after he returns to the United States, he recounts a racial incident that lead him to discard his Purple Hearts in the Chesapeake Bay. The last part of the interview is devoted to his role as a pioneering educator in the desegregation of the public schools in Wicomico County, Maryland.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Communities  Search this
Education  Search this
Korean War, 1950-1953  Search this
Military  Search this
Museums  Search this
Race discrimination  Search this
Segregation  Search this
U.S. History, 1953-1961  Search this
U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this
Violence  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2016.129.6.1a-.2a
Restrictions & Rights:
© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
The Collection Donor Oral History Project
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a7cb40a5-8944-499b-992b-a70f620fc31b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.129.6.1a-.2a