Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah Ph.D., American, born 1944

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Spelman College, American, founded 1881

Mississippi Freedom Schools, American, founded 1964

Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964

American Friends Service Committee, American, founded 1917

Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908

COINTELPRO, American, 1956 - 1971

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:37:29

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

September 14, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.49.1a, 2011.174.49.1b, 2011.174.49.1c, 2011.174.49.1d, and 2011.174.49.1e.

Gwendolyn Simmons, Ph.D. recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Spelman College. She remembers directing SNCC's voter registration and Freedom School, called the Freedom Summer Project in Laurel, Mississippi. She discusses learning about Black Nationalism in New York, the decision in SNCC to expel white members, and her work with the American Friends Service Committee's Program on Government Surveillance and Citizens' Rights to interview members of organizations investigated by the FBI's Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO).

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0049

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Race relations

Social reform

Suffrage

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

2011.174.49.1a-e

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

Honorable Todd, Lisa Anderson, American, 1942 - 2015

Interviewed by

Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American

Subject of

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964

1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964

Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869

American Friends Service Committee, American, founded 1917

Cornell University, American, founded 1865

Stanford Law School, American, founded 1893

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:49:03

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Greensboro, Guildford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

June 24, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.93.1a, 2011.174.93.1b, 2011.174.93.1c, 2011.174.93.1d, 2011.174.93.1e, 2011.174.93.1f, 2011.174.93.1g, and 2011.174.93.1h.

The Hon. Lisa Anderson Todd shares memories from when she was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteer in Mississippi in 1963 and her recollections of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Todd describes how she was introduced to the Movement during her participation in a work camp at Tougaloo College and how she went on to do voter registration work, first with the American Friends Service Committee in Greensboro, North Carolina, and then with SNCC in Greenville, Mississippi. Todd shares her memories as well as her book research on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She also describes her college years at Cornell University; her decision to attend law school at Stanford; her interest in civil rights law; and her work as a lawyer and later as an administrative judge.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0093

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Law

Social reform

Suffrage

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

2011.174.93.1a-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