Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Churchville, John Elliott J.D., American, born 1941

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

N.S.M Freedom Library, American

Black People's Unity Movement (BPUM), American, founded 1966

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:32:47

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

New York, United States, North and Central America

Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

July 15, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.33.1a, 2011.174.33.1b, 2011.174.33.1c, 2011.174.33.1d, 2011.174.33.1e, 2011.174.33.1f, and 2011.174.33.1g.

John Churchville, J.D. recalls growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his mother's career as a music teacher, moving to New York, and converting to Islam. He remembers joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), registering voters in Americus, Georgia, and in Mississippi. He discusses moving back to Philadelphia, converting to Christianity, and founding the Freedom Library and Black People's Unity Movement. He is senior pastor of the Liberation Fellowship Church of Jesus.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0033

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Religion

Social reform

United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number

2011.174.33.1a-g

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Rev. Dr. Brown, Amos C., American

Interviewed by

Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969

Subject of

Evers, Medgar, American, 1925 - 1963

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909

NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936

The Plain Dealer, American, founded 1842

Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961

Operation Crossroads Africa, American, founded 1958

Third Baptist Church, American, founded 1852

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:58:48

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Africa

Date

March 2, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.60.1a, 2011.174.60.1b, 2011.174.60.1c, 2011.174.60.1d, 2011.174.60.1e, 2011.174.60.1f, 2011.174.60.1g, and 2011.174.60.1h.

Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi and meeting Medgar Evers, who quickly became his mentor. Brown was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a teenager, leading the Jackson chapter and then the whole state Youth Council and traveling with Mr. Evers across the country to attend a national conference. He was asked to leave his high school for making comments to the Cleveland Plain Dealer about unequal schools for blacks, and remembers his participation in a 1961 Freedom Ride, his travel to Africa as part of Operation Crossroads Africa, and his work at Third Baptist Church on various social causes.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0060

Topic

African American

Activism

Africa

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

International affairs

Religion

Social reform

United States--History--1961-1969

Youth

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number

2011.174.60.1a-h

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture