Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011 interviewee Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) moving image videorecording two-dimensional moving image Filmed Interviews. Interviews. Oral histories. Video recordings. dcu 2011 monographic 2011. eng

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3 video files of 3 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (23 pages). Judge Matthew J. Perry recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and his admiration for the African American lawyers who mentored him. Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Recorded in Columbia, South Carolina, on June 7, 2011. Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.). Matthew J. Perry was born in 1921 in Columbia, South Carolina, married Hallie Bacote, and had one son. He attended South Carolina State College and South Carolina State College of Law, and worked as a civil rights attorney and judge in South Carolina. Perry died in 2011. The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement. In English. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 n-us-sc Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011 Interviews NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. South Carolina State College. African American judges South Carolina Interviews African American lawyers South Carolina Interviews African American veterans Interviews Civil rights movements United States World War, 1939-1945 Participation, African American Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0024 (DLC) 2012655221 AFC 2010/039: 0024 2015669123 hdl:loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0024 dacs DLC 150728 20250607065900.4 18889585 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng