Interview: William Bill Saunders [DVD]

Publication

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Interview: William "Bill" Saunders [DVD]

Entry/Object ID

2021.002.6

Description

Interview with William Saunders. “Bill” Saunders was born in New York City in 1935 but was raised on John’s Island by his mother’s family. He talks about the inter-connectedness and self-sufficiency of the Sea Islands, particularly John Island, James Inland and Wadmalaw Island. He talks about the importance of Mosquito Beach to the African American community. He recognizes the work of Bill “Cubby” Wilder and Laura and Andrew “Apple” Wilder in particular for the successes of Mosquito Beach. He says of Mosquito Beach,”…that’s the place I was free.” He reminisces about his lifetime of work in the struggle for human rights, including the Charleston Hospital Strike, and earlier violent racist episodes on Johns Island. Finally, Mr. Saunders recounts some experiences from his days with WPAL radio and he talks a bit about the music scene at Mosquito Beach. Date of interview: June 6, 2019. Interviewed by Michael Allen. See the video on the Lowcountry Digital Library at https://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/250144. 1 DVD (37:43) Digital files (MP3/audio and MP4/video) on MyPassport-OralHistory (external hard drive)

Collection

HCF Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2021.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2021)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Lowcountry Digital Library, Mosquito Beach, Saunders, William--Interviews, Mosquito Beach (S.C.), African Americans--Recreation--South Carolina--Charleston, Segregation--South Carolina--Charleston, Discrimination in public accommodations--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic sites--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Oral History

Publication Details

Author

Saunders, William

Series

Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project

Publisher

Historic Charleston Foundation

Place Published

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Date Published

2019

Publication Language

English

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Location

Container

DVD (Videos) Box 1

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2021.002.3, 2021.002.4, 2021.002.5, 2021.002.7

General Notes

Note

Notes: MP4 (video) and MP3 (audio) files also available on Passport external hard drive.

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Create Date

March 25, 2021

Updated By

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Update Date

March 30, 2023