From IWitness: Civil Rights in America
Leon Bass – Peaceful Protest
Buchenwald camp liberator Leon Bass reflects on the discrimination he experienced while going to college in the United States after his military service. Leon describes how baffled and angry he felt that he was encountering the same type of prejudice and threat of civil liberties that he fought against during WWII. This testimony clip is featured in the new IWitness Activity, Fighting in the Face of Racism.
Leon Bass – Peaceful Protest
Language: English
Buchenwald camp liberator Leon Bass reflects on the discrimination he experienced while going to college in the United States after his military service. Leon describes how baffled and angry he felt that he was encountering the same type of prejudice and threat of civil liberties that he fought against during WWII. This testimony clip is featured in the new IWitness Activity, Fighting in the Face of Racism.
Barton Nagata on racism in the United States
Language: English
Dachau camp liberator Barton Nagata talks about his exposure to racism in the segregated South of the United States.
Floyd Dade on Civil Rights in America
Language: English
Floyd Dade explains the racial segregation of battalions during World War II. He also describes his relations with white soldiers on the battlefield.
Language: English
Paul Parks talks about witnessing the aftermath of the Holocaust and what it meant to his work in the civil rights movement, including his work with Martin Luther King, Jr.