Interviewer
Michael A. Cooke
Files
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Abstract
This collection consists of an interview with William Saunders (1935- ), the executive director of Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA). In this interview, Saunders discusses his early life, his experience in the Army, life on Johns Island, the Progressive Club, the Gullah language spoken on Johns Island, his introduction to sickle cell disease, media coverage, the origin of the COBRA organization in 1970, the hospital workers’ strike in Charleston in 1969, police brutality and excessive sentencing towards Black men, the sickle cell program within COBRA, unethical sickle cell testing on Johns Island, other contributors to the formation of the COBRA sickle cell program, the educational process surrounding sickle cell, the unique features of COBRA, and the objectives of the COBRA sickle cell program.
Publication Date
1984
Unique Identifier
OH 200
Format
1 Cassette, MP3; WAV:
Length
0:31:11
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Series
Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation
Disciplines
Oral History
Recommended Citation
Saunders, William and Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, "Interview with William Saunders - OH 200" (1984). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 200.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/505
