Photograph of Rebekah S. Otto preparing to interview A. Peter Bailey in his home

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A digital image of University of Maryland student Rebekah S. Otto preparing to interview journalist A. Peter Bailey in his home in Washington D.C. Otto interviewed Bailey for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The image captures one of the cameras used to record the oral history at the forefront and to the right. Otto sits on a metal chair with her back to the camera. She holds an open folder on her lap. Bailey sits in front of her wearing multi-color patterned shirt, likely a Kente textile, and a scarf with the Pan-African flag colors (red, black, and green). His house has the walls lined with memorabilia, ephemera, and family memories. IIn the background, sitting on the windowsill, are three different posters of Malcolm X. Kim Moir, one of the videographers, sits in the far left background.

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