https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/9aa517cfafe5f55e2b7fd8f4bfe0699f.jpg 3513c0d828b98f68bfa6f9bef04db5b5 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/0db9750de4534ed7c47c2d7529b5189b.jpg c415b0e39e15e2a48f64c7295f984cb3 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/0e01cab8799cc1e31287c2a09390fd6a.jpg 9126863444966e407489a36e271dfbc3 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/50758f5947384cf3985009341f372d6a.jpg 7c58ce852360d9b35555877a4614e063 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 Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Jack the Rapper, Trade Publication Description An account of the resource Box 8 Folder 59: "Moving along to folder 60 is a piece from… anyways…. Alright and this is… this has a two copies as well as the original issue of Jack the Rapper. This came out in January 11, 1989, Issue #666, America’s oldest largest circulated black trade publication. I don’t think it’s in existence anymore but we used to get them at the station all the time. Jack the Rapper was in touch with black DJs, black music people all across the country. And as a matter of fact I wrote to him before I went to WJLD to see what he thought about me doing a syndicated show, or more pointedly a radio show on 1950s music and doo-wop and vocal groups and so forth, and he answered me saying that ...and I sent him a taped sample of what I could do... and he said “I think you should consider doing that as a syndicated show,” but at least I got an answer. Anyway, the cover of this particular issue is a remembrance of Dr. King. His life and it has his date of birth and date of passing but also a speech that Dr. King gave to the American Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters back in August, 1967 giving a lot of credit to various broadcasters who had done good work in the interests of civil rights, and he mentions very specifically Tall Paul White. He says “No one knows the importance of Tall Paul White and the massive non-violence demonstrations of the youth of Birmingham in 1963” ...and goes on to talk about Pervis Spann and the Mississippi summer project and Georgie Woods in Philadelphia. The significance of this is now that speech is accessible on Youtube where you can hear him say what he has to say about Paul White and you can hear this huge amount of applause that took place immediately after mentioning his name. So Paul and his contribution and his courage were really noteworthy by his peers during the period of crisis, 1967, when this speech was made, and flies in the face of a lot of people who would like to lay claim as radio broadcasters to inspiring the Birmingham masses when most people know it was Paul "Tall Paul" White and his work. It’s a speech worth reading." 1980s Birmingham Civil Rights Jack the Rapper Martin Luther King Jr. Paul "Tall Paul" White Trade Publication