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Title A name given to the resource Ms. Eloise Gaffney, leading the Birmingham Movement Choir Description An account of the resource <div dir="ltr">To view Ms. Gaffney leading the Birmingham Movement Choir, please click youtube video link:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVuaTlcJkL4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DiVuaTlcJkL4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1697842891577000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2kOO07x_wjwrJmv2ZGpWfR">Ms. Eloise Gaffney, leading the Birmingham Movement Choir</a></div> 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 Eloise Gaffney Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Eloise Gaffney: And uhm, let me back up a little bit, about the age of twelve, we organized a... a quartet, you know called women quartet... Bob Friedman: I was waiting for that. EG: We uh, we called ourselves “the youth voices of hope...” We sang a cappella. BF: Of course, and, and... EG: And this had to be maybe... sixty... probably early six- maybe, before the movement. BF: Mhmm. EG: You know... BF: Mhmm. EG: So, we sang, we went around with all of the quartet singers, my uncles sang with the group called “the gospel-” no the um... oh gosh I can’t say it right now, but it was uh, artist McKins- Kinney, Julius Geist, my uncle was Willy Board, um... Robert Jones, those guys “Gospel Spirituals,” that was their name. BF: Mhmm. EG: Uh, a guy named Ben Braxton. Uh, we thought they could sing better than, and they were a cappella too, so I think that influenced us, you know. BF: Do, do, do you remember the Ensley Jubilees? EG: I do remember the Ensley, the Jubilees, and Mr., what’s the guy’s name that used to come over here? Light skinned guy. BF: Um... Nims Gaye? EG: No, not Nims Gaye. BF: Oh, Auguster Maul. EG: Yes... BF: From the “Delta Aires.” EG: I remember them, the “Delta Aires.” BF: Mhmm. EG: I remember, and used to remember when they were on, I’m jumping all over the place... BF: That’s okay. EG: When they were on uh, radio on Sunday mornin.’ BF: Mhmm. EG: And I didn’t, didn’t know what they were saying, but I remember, “ I like to be...” we thought they were saying “I like TV.” BF: (laughs) EG: (laughs) BF: And what were they actually saying? EG: And I remember... BF: What was the actual lyric? EG: “I like to be.” BF: Oh. EG: You know... BF: Okay. EG: We thought they were saying “I like TV.” BF: “I like TV.” (laughs) EG: But I remember that, and uh, my mom, like I said, she was in the Holiness Church, so we weren’t able to listen to... uh anything but gospel music... BF: Mhmm. EG: You know... BF: Mhmm. EG: We would get up on Sunday mornin,’ and oh lord the quartets would come to the radio stations... BF: Mhmm. EG: And that, I guess that was then WENN radio. BF: Yeah, WENN radio. Mhmm. EG: And then we were able, some, to get our little group to go to WENN radio and sing on Sunday mornin’s... BF: Mhmm. EG: Sometimes, so that was, that was uh, that molded me into, really the gospel music. BF: Do, do you remember where WENN was when you went? EG: Oh, 5th Avenue. BF: 5th Avenue North. EG: 5th Avenue... BF: And, and 15th Street. EG: 15th Street, that’s right. BF: Down on the corner. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full audio interview: 56:33 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 Eloise Gaffney, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Gospel Music Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Rights Description An account of the resource Eloise Gaffney (b.Sept 21, 1948). A marvelous singer and choir director, Eloise Gaffney joined Fred Shuttlesworth's movement - the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in the early 1960's at 14 years of age - and, over time became the Choir Director for what would become "The Movement Choir." As a teen, she became active in both Birmingham and Gadsden organizing for civil rights and was arrested in Gadsden. Bob Friedman met her when she began working at WJLD AM 1400 Birmingham in 2000, as a Traffic Manager, translating the daily commercial logs to the digilink which controlled the breaks when the station was on automation. Eloise never gave up her choir directorships, becoming as well, the Choir Director for the church she was baptized in, Lily Grove Missionary Baptist Church, in the Fountain Heights section of Birmingham. Bob and Eloise discussed early gospel music and early Birmingham radio.<br /><br />To view Ms. Gaffney leading the Birmingham Movement Choir, please click this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVuaTlcJkL4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title=" Ms. Eloise Gaffney, leading the Birmingham Movement Choir ">link to youtube</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eloise Gaffney Bob Friedman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 9, 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Daniel Martin Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG PDF MP3 Language A language of the resource English 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing 1960s A. H. Parker High School Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Rights (ACMCR) Ben Alexander Birmingham Carlton Reese Carole Robertson Civil Rights Cynthia Wesley Delta Aires Don Solomon Doris (Lockett) Williams Eloise Gaffney Ensley Jubilee Singers Erskine Faush Fred Shuttlesworth Gadsden Gospel Gwendolyn Sanders Gamble Integration James Bevel James Orange Lily Grove Missionary Baptist Church Martin Luther King Jr. Miles College Paul "Tall Paul" White Phillips High School Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) The Movement Choir The Youth Voices of Hope Voter Registration WEDR WENN Wilkerson Elementary School WJLD Yvonne Turner