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The Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Rev. Dr. Lowery, Joseph Echols, American, born 1921
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909; Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:02:49

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Mobile, Alabama, United States, North and Central America; Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America; Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date: June 6, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.23.1a, 2011.174.23.1b, 2011.174.23.1c, and 2011.174.23.1d.; The Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s. He remembers joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the differences in race relations between Mobile and other southern cities, and helping to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He reflects on the effectiveness of nonviolence, the libel suit against him, sit-ins across the country, and the Selma to Montgomery March.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0023

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Race relations; Religion; Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961

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: 2011.174.23.1a-d

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

Jack Greenberg, J.D. Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Greenberg, Jack J.D., American, 1924 - 2016
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Columbia Law School, American, founded 1858; NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940; Brown, Oliver L., American, 1918 - 1961; Board of Education of Topeka, American; Coke, H.D., American; City of Atlanta, American, founded 1837; Swann, James, American; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, American, founded 1960; Griggs, Willie, American; Duke Energy, American, founded 1904

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 00:47:20

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 18, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.34.1a, 2011.174.34.1b, 2011.174.34.1c, 2011.174.34.1d, 2011.174.34.1e, 2011.174.34.1f, 2011.174.34.1g, 2011.174.34.1h, and 2011.174.34.1i.; Jack Greenberg, J.D. remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other civil rights cases, such as Coke v. City of Atlanta, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and Griggs v. Duke Power.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0034

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Education; Justice; Law; Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961

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: 2011.174.34.1a-i

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

Cecilia Suyat Marshall Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Suyat Marshall, Cecilia, American, born 1928
Interviewed by: Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
Subject of: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909; Brown, Oliver L., American, 1918 - 1961; Board of Education of Topeka, American; Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 00:30:49

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Hawaii, United States, North and Central America; New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: June 30, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.97.1a, 2011.174.97.1b, 2011.174.97.1c, 2011.174.97.1d, 2011.174.97.1e, and 2011.174.97.1f.; Cecilia Suyat Marshall recalls moving from Hawaii to New York where she found a job as a secretary with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1948. Marshall notes some of the highlights of her experiences at the NAACP offices, including the organization's victory in the Brown v. Board case, traveling the South with NAACP staff, and attending conferences. There she met the many local people who gave the Civil Rights Movement strength. She left the organization after her marriage to Justice Thurgood Marshall, and with that departure became more of a mother and wife than an activist, but retained her activist spirit with membership on the boards of progressive organizations.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0097

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil rights; Domestic life; Families; Justice; Law; Social reform; United States--History--1945-1953; United States--History--1953-1961

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: 2011.174.97.1a-f

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

Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Bassett, Emmett W. Ph. D., American, 1921 - 2013; Tietjen Bassett, Priscilla, American, born 1928
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Smith College, American, founded 1871; Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881; Carver, George Washington, American, 1860s - 1943; Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955; Till-Mobley, Mamie, American, 1921 - 2003; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:10:53

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: Grahamsville, Sullivan County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America; Henry County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America; New York, United States, North and Central America; Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America; Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 21, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.38.1a, 2011.174.38.1b, 2011.174.38.1c, 2011.174.38.1d, 2011.174.38.1e, 2011.174.38.1f, 2011.174.38.1g, 2011.174.38.1h, 2011.174.38.1i, and 2011.174.38.1j.; Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending Tuskegee Institute, where he assisted George Washington Carver with research. They tell how they met at a protest of a segregated restaurant in Massachusetts, raising money for Emmett Till's mother, their involvement in many civil rights groups in New York, and attending the March on Washington. They also discuss Dr. Bassett’s career as a professor of dairy science, Mrs. Bassett's career as a librarian, and their struggles as an interracial married couple.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0038

Topic: African American; Activism; Agriculture; American South; Civil rights; Domestic life; Education; Families; Labor; Race relations; Science; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961; World War II

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: 2011.174.38.1a-j

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

Mildred Pitts Walter Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Walter, Mildred Pitts, born 1922
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880; Walter, Earl, American, died 1965; Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:31:20

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: San Mateo, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Louisiana, United States, North and Central America; Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America; Soviet Union, Europe

Date: March 1, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.59.1a, 2011.174.59.1b, 2011.174.59.1c, 2011.174.59.1d, and 2011.174.59.1e.; Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a clerk in the LA school district while getting her teaching credentials. She also discusses her career writing over 20 books for children, her work with a national association of nurses to develop culturally sensitive training, marching in the Soviet Union for peace, her ideas about civil rights and human rights.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0059

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Children; Civil rights; Education; Housing; Humanitarianism; International affairs; Medicine; Social reform; United States--History--1945-1953; United States--History--1953-1961; 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: 2011.174.59.1a-e

See more items in: 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

Candie Carawan and Guy Hughes Carawan Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Carawan, Candie, American, born 1939; Carawan, Guy Hughes, American, 1927 - 2015
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Fisk University, American, founded 1866; Highlander Folk School, American

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 00:54:11

Type: video recordings; oral histories; digital media - born digital

Place collected: New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 19, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.52.1a, 2011.174.52.1b, 2011.174.52.1c, 2011.174.52.1d, and 2011.174.52.1e.; Candie Carawan recalls attending Fisk University as an exchange student and meeting civil rights activists in Nashville, Tennessee. She discusses meeting Guy Carawan at the Highlander Folk School, the importance of music to the civil rights movement, and Guy's work to record singers involved with the movement. The two perform several songs, including "Tree of Life," "Eyes on the Prize," and "We Shall Overcome."; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0052

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Civil rights; Education; Folk (Music); Singers (Musicians); Social reform; United States--History--1953-1961; 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: 2011.174.52.1a-e

See more items in: 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

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