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Walter Tillow Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Tillow, Walter, American, born 1940
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Harpur College, American, founded 1946
- Cornell University, American, founded 1865
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, American, founded 1936
- Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
- Date
- June 21, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1:48:09
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.92.1a, 2011.174.92.1b, 2011.174.92.1c, 2011.174.92.1d, 2011.174.92.1e, 2011.174.92.1f, and 2011.174.92.1g.
- Walter Tillow discusses how he joined the Civil Rights Movement as a college student and how that led him into labor and leftist movements. He describes his childhood in New York City and the leftist politics of his parents, as well as how he learned about the Movement as a college student at Harpur College and as a graduate student at Cornell University. In 1963, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and moved to Fayette County, Georgia where he worked on voter registration drives. He later worked in the SNCC communication office in Atlanta. He describes in detail the movement for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1965, he left the Movement to work for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and he later worked for the Communist Party.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0092
- Place collected
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Fayette County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Labor
- Political organizations
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- U.S. 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
- 2011.174.92.1a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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The Hononrable Lisa Anderson Todd Oral History Interview
- 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
- Date
- June 24, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:49:03
- 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
- 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Law
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- U.S. 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