Alvin Sykes Interview - 06/29/2015
Alvin Sykes has lived in Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Topeka, and Omaha, Nebraska. He is well know for his work as a human rights activist, and his search for justice based on the truth. He has conducted legal research in the several high profile cases most notably those of Steve Harvey and Emmett Till. Mr Sykes played a crucial role in getting the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act signed into law.
Interviewee Birth Year: 1956
Interviewer Birth Year: 1973
Tags from Generation Exchange:
1960s, 1980s, 1990s, Anne Lacey, Childhood and family, Civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Downtown, Emmett Till, friendship with Herbie Hancock, human rights, Inner City (Urban), Jazz, Kansas City, Kansas City History, Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, KS, murder of Steve Harvey, Music, None, public libraries, victim's rights advocacy, Volunteering, Work, Wyandotte County
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Collection
Reference
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, Alvin Sykes Interview - 06/29/2015, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri, 29 June 2015
Cite As
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, “Alvin Sykes Interview - 06/29/2015,” Genealogy Gallery, accessed November 22, 2024, https://content.mymcpl.org/items/show/9333.
Title
Alvin Sykes Interview - 06/29/2015
Description
Alvin Sykes has lived in Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Topeka, and Omaha, Nebraska. He is well know for his work as a human rights activist, and his search for justice based on the truth. He has conducted legal research in the several high profile cases most notably those of Steve Harvey and Emmett Till. Mr Sykes played a crucial role in getting the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act signed into law.
Interviewee Birth Year: 1956
Interviewer Birth Year: 1973
Tags from Generation Exchange:
1960s, 1980s, 1990s, Anne Lacey, Childhood and family, Civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Downtown, Emmett Till, friendship with Herbie Hancock, human rights, Inner City (Urban), Jazz, Kansas City, Kansas City History, Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, KS, murder of Steve Harvey, Music, None, public libraries, victim's rights advocacy, Volunteering, Work, Wyandotte County
Interviewee Birth Year: 1956
Interviewer Birth Year: 1973
Tags from Generation Exchange:
1960s, 1980s, 1990s, Anne Lacey, Childhood and family, Civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Downtown, Emmett Till, friendship with Herbie Hancock, human rights, Inner City (Urban), Jazz, Kansas City, Kansas City History, Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, KS, murder of Steve Harvey, Music, None, public libraries, victim's rights advocacy, Volunteering, Work, Wyandotte County
Creator
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
Publisher
Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
Date
29 June 2015
Rights
Language
English
Type
Sound
Identifier
kckpl_alvin sykes.mp3
Duration
01:00:46
Interviewer
Anne Lacey
Interviewee
Alvin Sykes