Listen to Sala Udin (b. 1943), Freedom Rider, former city councilman, school board member, and actor, talk about growing up in the Hill District neighborhood, getting involved in the NAACP, and shifts in the civil rights movement. This interview was conducted and recorded by Charlene Foggie-Barnett and Kerin Shellenbarger on May 5, 2011.
Excerpt 1: Growing up in the Hill District, experiencing its demolition
Excerpt 2: Getting involved in NAACP as a high schooler in New York, busing to Washington DC
Excerpt 3: March on Washington
Excerpt 4: Civil rights movement shift away from non-violence toward self-defense
Excerpt 5: Civil rights movement shift, continued
Excerpt 6: Memories of Charles “Teenie” Harris
Excerpt 7: Reflecting on different kinds of activism
