00:00 video begins in the middle of Jerry Washington Ward introducing Samuel W. Allen; 04:58 Allen speaks; 05:49 Joanne V. Gabbin speaks; 06:21 Opal Moore speaks; 18:20 Pinkie Gordon Lane speaks; 18:54 Gabbin speaks; 20:..
00:00-08:07 black and white photos of conference participants; 08:07 various shots of campus
Barbara Blakey discusses her life in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Blakey recalls teaching high school business and English classes at the Lucy Simms school, in Harrisonburg; her work in the NAACP; the advent of public housing..
Footage of posters, books, and various other artifacts at the conference
Kenneth Branham, Chief of the Monacan Indian Nation in Amherst County, Virginia discusses growing up in Amherst, Virginia, the racism he experienced in the public schools, the impact of racism on graduation rates, and hi..
Carmen Gillespie interviews Brenda Marie Osbey, camera stays on Osbey
David William Bruce and Teresa Anne Bruce, poultry farmers in Harrisonburg, Virginia, discuss topics such as changes in turkey growing from the 1970s; working for public vs. privately owned companies, and day-to-day task..
Records an interview with William T. Burruss, who worked as a turkey farmer in the 1980s and 1990s for Rocco and Cargill. Burruss discusses relationships with supervising companies; the financial side of the poultry farm..
John Capps of Harrisonburg Virginia, discusses his experience serving in the first Persian Gulf War, his involvement with the VFW post in Harrisonburg, taking classes and vocational training, his work as a correctional o..
Records an interview with Norman Carr of Rockingham County, an automechanic who opened the auto repair shop, Strictly Volvos, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Carr discusses childhood memories, attending the Nashville Auto-Die..