https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/132854c9748c637d92b029c879e6846b.jpg f3073b02a6bf2bc106228ea7f7200457 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/2342d1fb7442d207355ebd6d660000bc.mp3 204abb0aff376155a3b8696a67c58eda https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/72f4cf4500f063a71342b64407abf54a.pdf 99dedee48749f745dbff0b9aa29ac82c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Jerome Gray Location The location of the interview WJLD, Birmingham, Alabama Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcription of audio snippet: Jerome Gray: ...Well in 84’ no question Jesse Jackson was acceptable. He did not have a track record as an elected official but he had track record as an activist and advocate for our issues. The electability question was the thing that loomed large in ADC but one of the things I did then as state field director I polled our members our leaders from round the state because I said to Joe Reed at least we need to find out what people are thinking before we go to the convention and I polled our delegation our members around the state and the majority of them members who found Jesse Jackson acceptable did not think he was electable in 1984 and pretty much that’s how it split out you know in the vote but at least people at the opportunity to discuss and debate and the decision before the recommendation was made to endorse Mondale but even though we took the position that we would support Mondale because of his acceptability and what we thought then was his electability and track record. Mondale only carried one state in 84’, Minnesota and he carried Washington, DC the District of Columbia so Jesse couldn’t have done much worse than Mondale did.. Bob Friedman: How’d.. JG: Even though Mondale had been the Vice President.. B: How about that.. JG: Since that time the Alabama Democratic Conference has supported other candidates for President.. B: Did they support.. JG: Al Gore.. B: Reverend Jackson.. JG: John Kerry, Michael Dukakis. They all lost. B: Yeah did they support Reverend Jackson in 88’? JG: We did support Reverend Jackson in 88’. But I was mentioning the fact that the others we had supported other white candidates since 84’ who did not win but we did support Jesse Jackson in 88’ as an organization and he ran well in the south but he did not win nationwide but the thing that got my attention was Barack Obama. The first quarter after he announced his candidacy. He raised more money in one quarter than Jesse Jackson raised during his whole run for President. And so that got my attention when I saw how competitive was right out of the block against the Clintons. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP3 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 45 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jerome Gray, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Politics Description An account of the resource Jerome Gray, an Obama field organizer in Alabama for the 08’ campaign and an activist with the Alabama Democratic Conference, an old Black political organization still in existence. Interviewed on air at WJLD studios, Birmingham. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Jerome Gray Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 02, 2008 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 JPG PDF Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Joe Wright Emily Bibb Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GrayOH 1980s Alabama Democratic Conference Barack Obama Jerome Gray Jesse Jackson Politics Shirley Franklin WJLD