Library makes groundbreaking interviews available for the first time.

Who Speaks for the Negro,”  is a newly created database and website, that includes digital audio of interviews Robert Penn Warren made in preparation for his 1965 book of the same title.  The interviewees include a variety of people who were involved in the Civil Rights Movement.  The library database was created in part to accompany the conference, “We Speak for Ourselves,” hosted by the Robert Penn Warren Center April 4-5, 2008.

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