Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Rev. Vivian, C. T., American, born 1924

Interviewed by

Branch, Taylor, American, born 1947

Subject of

American Baptist Theological Seminary, American, founded 1924

Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961

Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901

Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 4:06:19

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Peoria, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

March 29, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.6.1a, 2011.174.6.1b, 2011.174.6.1c, and 2011.174.6.1d.

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0006

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Children

Civil rights

Prisons

Religion

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

2011.174.6.1a-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