Interview with George Geesey

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Title:
Interview with George Geesey
Description:
George Geesey, the primary host of the Educational Radio Network’s coverage of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, talks about the technical and creative considerations that went into the broadcast. Mr. Geesey was the Lead Engineer of the WAMU studios at American University in 1963. He was interviewed on March 7, 2011 in South Thomaston, Maine.
Interviewee:
Geesey, George
Date:
March 7, 2011
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Subjects:
American University (Washington, D.C.)
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th Century
Demonstrations--Law and legislation--United States
Segregation
Public Radio--United States--History
United States--Politics and government--1961-1963
WAMU-FM (Radio station : Washington, D.C.)
Civil rights movments
Civil rights
Reminiscing
March on Washington for jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963
Places:
Maine > Knox (county) > South Thomaston
Extent:
00:10:44:00
Link to Item:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_12A80EE6330349CA924C5472AE09209E
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
A_12A80EE6330349CA924C5472AE09209E