{"value"=>"<p>Fourteen sound recordings and two video recordings show Frederick O'Neal in leadership roles in three labor and civil rights organizations, dating from 1962 to 1989: the Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the American Federation of Labor-Congress of International Organizations (AFL-CIO), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Organization activities include meetings, award ceremonies and events, and promotional material. Recordings are audio unless otherwise noted. They are arranged in alphabetical order by organization, and then by date.</p> <p>Nine recordings of the AEA's Paul Robeson Award ceremonies celebrating impactful artists of literature and the stage, dating from 1978 to 1990. Awardees include Maya Angelou, Vinie Burrows, Jacques d'Amboise, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, John Henry Faulk, Joe Papp, and Pete Seeger. Additionally there are recordings of AEA ceremonies honoring leaders in the arts and civil rights, including civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and actor Ellsworth Wright.</p> <p>O'Neal appears in two recordings in his capacity as an Executive Council vice president of the AFL-CIO. One video recording is a compilation of highlights from the 1987 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon which raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The other video recording is entitled <span class=\"title\">Solidarity!</span> Most likely produced for the 1989 AFL-CIO conference, it highlights labor organizing in the US and abroad.</p> <p>The collection includes recordings of four meetings of the Mid-Manhattan branch of the NAACP, two of which feature O'Neal as a speaker. These recordings most likely date from the period when O'Neal was active in the Mid-Manhattan branch of the NAACP, from 1965 to 1971. The recordings also prominently feature Herbert Hill, Labor Director of the NAACP from 1951 to 1977. Recorded on reels, each recording also contains two or more parts of a 1957 American Ethical Union (AEU) assembly. O'Neal was not a member of the AEU, nor was he present on the recordings.</p>"}