04428cgdaa22006497i 4500 18889622 20250607065900.5 cr|||||||||||| 150728s2013 dcu152 o v|eng 18889622 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife kste 2015-04-?? masmit 2019-09-19 masmit 2019-11-22 masmit 2020-02-20 2015669156 (DLC) afc2010039_crhp0057 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC n-us-ca AFC 2010/039: 0057 Dixon, Elmer, interviewee. Elmer Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seattle, Washington, 2013 February 28. 2013. 11 video files of 11 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (152 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (66 pages). two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact. Recorded in Seattle, Washington,on February 28, 2013. Elmer Dixon discusses his childhood in Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington, where he marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., and heard Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader Stokely Carmichael speak. At 17 he met Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland and established, with his brother Aaron Dixon as Defense Captain, the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Dixon discusses his work with the Panthers, the survival of several of the programs he started, including a health clinic, his work after the Panther chapter closed down in 1978, and his current position as director of an executive consulting firm specializing in diversity issues. 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.). Elmer Dixon was the co-chair of the Seattle, Washington, chapter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and also established the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party with his brother, Aaron Dixon. He later worked in the field of diversity and cross-cultural communication. 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 Dixon, Elmer Interviews. Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998. Dixon, Aaron, 1949- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Newton, Huey P.. Seale, Bobby, 1936- Black Panther Party. African American civil rights workers California Interviews. Civil rights movements California. Civil rights movements United States. Filmed interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft Cline, David P., 1969- interviewer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) Seattle (Wash.), event place. Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0057 (DLC) 2012655221 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 afc2010039_crhp0057_mv12 afc2010039 Elmer Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seattle, Washington, 2013 February 28 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0057 afc2010039_crhp0057_Dixon_transcript afc2010039text 1 transcript AFCCRHP Electronic Resource