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Euvester Simpson Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Simpson, Euvester, American, born 1946
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, American, 1917 - 1977
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- Date
- March 12, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:34:46
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.72.1a, 2011.174.72.1b, 2011.174.72.1c, 2011.174.72.1d, 2011.174.72.1e, 2011.174.72.1f, and 2011.174.72.1g.
- Euvester Simpson discusses her childhood in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and she describes her parents' decision to send her to Racine, Wisconsin, to attend high school because they were fed up with segregated public schools in Mississippi. For her last year of high school, Simpson returned to Mississippi, and she became active in the Civil Rights Movement. She describes attending a citizenship school in Charleston, South Carolina, going to mass meetings, and being arrested with a group of women, including Fannie Lou Hamer. She also discusses her involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Council of Federated Organizations, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Simpson ends the interview by discussing the legacy of the movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0072
- Place collected
- Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Itta Bena, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Racine, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
- Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 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
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Women
- 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
- 2011.174.72.1a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Luis Zapata Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Zapata, Luis, 1944 - 2015
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
- Subject of
- San José State University, American, founded 1857
- United Farm Workers of America, American, founded 1962
- Mississippi Freedom Labor Union, American, founded 1965
- Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Espy, Alphonso Michael "Mike", American, born 1953
- Date
- June 27, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:02:01
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.95.1a, 2011.174.95.1b, 2011.174.95.1c, 2011.174.95.1d, 2011.174.95.1e, and 2011.174.95.1f.
- Luis Zapata describes his childhood in Orange County, California, and how he came to join the labor movement as a college student at San Jose State University. He discusses the organizing work he did with the United Farm Workers and how he ended up moving to Cleveland, Mississippi, for four years where he organized for the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union and helped to register voters with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Zapata also discusses his later involvement in the congressional campaign of Mike Espy as well as his participation in international movements for human rights.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0095
- Place collected
- Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Orange County, California, United States, North and Central America
- San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
- African American - Latinx Solidarity
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Humanitarianism
- Labor
- Social reform
- 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
- 2011.174.95.1a-f
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Leaflet for Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Created by
- Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
- Date
- ca.1964
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (21.6 x 9.5 cm)
- Description
- A leaflet for Mississippi Freedom Summer made by the Council of Federated Organizations. The leaflet has black ink on white paper and includes text and illustrations. The leaflet has five sections with the headings: "Freedom Schools"; "Voter Registration"; "Community Centers"; "What You Can Do"; and "What Is COFO?"
- Place depicted
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Type
- leaflets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
- Object number
- 2011.109.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain