A. Peter Bailey Oral History Interview

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An oral history interview and conversation with journalist Alfonso Peter Bailey. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.1.1.1 and 2025.12.1.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.1.1.3, .mov file). Mr. A. Peter Bailey was interviewed by University of Maryland student Rebekah Otto on May 23rd, 2023, as part of the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The interview took place at Mr. Bailey’s home in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. At the time of the interview, Mr. Bailey was 85 years old. This oral history interview with Mr. A. Peter Bailey consists of two distinct sections: an “interview” section (part 1) and a “conversation” section (part 2, 01:19:11). In part 1, Mr. Bailey discusses his upbringing in Tuskegee, Alabama, his experiences in the segregated south, and his adolescent years in Germany.

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