Guide to the Roger Himovitz oral history OH 142
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2018.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2018 October 30
Title: Roger Himovitz oral history
Identifier/Call Number: OH 142
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.21 linear feet
(1 half-size document box)
Creator:
Himovitz, Roger
Source:
Liebhaber, Zachary
Date: 2018 September 27
Abstract: Pre-interview notes and printed transcript of the Roger Himovitz oral history interview, conducted on September 27, 2018 by
Zachary Liebhaber.
Transcript of interview has been deposited at the UCSB Library, Department of Special Research Collections and is open for
research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Interview conducted on September 27, 2018 for deposit at the UCSB Library, Department of Special Research Collections.
[Identification of Item], Robert Himovitz oral history, OH 142, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Born in Los Angeles, California in 1946, Roger Himovitz grew up in Hanford, California. While an undergraduate at the University
of Alabama in 1965, Himovitz participated in civil rights activities, including voter registration work for CORE. He was a
participant in the Bloody Sunday march (March 7, 1965) and was arrested on that day, along with many others. Himovitz would
go on to graduate from UC Berkeley. Intending to study law, he volunteered to serve in Vietnam instead, as an engineer with
the Navy Seabees, as well as with the "Protein Project." Returning to California after his year of service, Himovitz entered
the family business in construction, eventually settling in Santa Barbara.
Pre-interview notes and transcript to interview by Zachary Liebhaber with narrator Roger Himovitz at the Himovitz residence
in Montecito, California on September 27, 2018. The interview centers on Himovitz's experiences as a participant in the Selma
to Montgomery marches in 1965 while an undergraduate at the University of Alabama, as well as Himovitz's meeting with Robert
Shelton, Grand Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America (UKA), that same year.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century
Oral history
Oral histories (literary works)
Interviews
Transcripts
Notes (documents)
Liebhaber, Zachary
Himovitz, Roger -- Archives
Shelton, Robert M.
United Klans of America
Selma to Montgomery Rights March. (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
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Oral history interview with Roger Himovitz, transcript and notes 2018 September 27