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  • Jamila Jones Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Jones, Jamila, American, born 1944
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    The Montgomery Gospel Trio, American
    Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
    Highlander Folk School, American
    Harambee Singers, American, founded 1966
    Date
    April 27, 2011
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 00:49:27
    Description
    The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.9.1a, 2011.174.9.1b, 2011.174.9.1c, and 2011.174.9.1d.
    Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the civil rights movement. She recalls helping the Freedom Riders, visiting the Highlander Folk Center, writing a new verse of the song "We Shall Overcome", and founding the Harambee Singers.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0009
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Freedom Riders
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    American South
    Civil rights
    Singers (Musicians)
    Social reform
    U.S. History, 1953-1961
    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
    2011.174.9.1a-d
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bfac6a0e-8f78-42fa-baad-4be52809f2da
  • Malcolm X Liberation University (Black Journal segment)

    Produced by
    Bourne, St. Clair, American, 1943 - 2007
    National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970
    Greaves, William, American, 1926 - 2014
    Owned by
    Bowser, Pearl, American, born 1931
    Subject of
    Dr. Shabazz, Betty, American, 1934 - 1997
    X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
    Interview of
    Fuller, Howard, American, born 1941
    Subject of
    Harambee Singers, American, founded 1966
    Reagon, Bernice Johnson, American, born 1942
    Date
    1969
    On View
    Concourse, C X06
    Exhibition
    A Century in the Making
    Medium
    acetate film and metal
    Dimensions
    Duration: 10 Minutes
    Length (Film): 320 Feet
    Title
    16mm motion picture of Malcolm X Liberation University [Black Journal segment]
    Caption
    This 16mm film is a short documentary made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program. Producer St. Clair Bourne chronicles the opening of Malcolm X Liberation University in Durham, North Carolina on October 25, 1969.
    Description
    This 16mm color film is a short documentary subject made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program. Producer St. Clair Bourne chronicles the opening of Malcolm X Liberation University in North Carolina. It consists of: a 16mm film (a), original 400 foot film reel (b), and original 400 foot film canister (c).
    2012.79.1.68.1a: The film opens with a student meeting/rally at Duke University, in which one unidentified student speaker (male) states why they longer wish to participate in a system they don't believe speaks to the needs of African American college students. A male narrator begins to speak, explaining what the Black Student Movement at Duke University was and how it originated and morphed into a separate institution. An interview with Howard Fuller begins to play, and he expresses why he doesn't believe in institutionalized black studies programs. Footage of him announcing the opening of Malcolm X Liberation University begins to play, and is followed by clips of the opening celebratory parade and rally. The narrator describes the new university's proposed curriculum and study abroad program in Africa. Howard Fuller addressed the crowd by reading a statement from Stokely Carmichael, and introduced guest speaker Betty Shabazz. During her speech, white train workers in a nearby train yard rang a train car bell to interrupt her speech. A visiting professor who was in attendance climbed on top of the train car and silenced the bell so Betty Shabazz could finish her speech. A small group of women sing "The Black Magician" onstage. Courtland Cox, a representative from Malcolm X Liberation University's sister school in Washington, DC, closed the ceremony. The film ends with an interview with Howard Fuller speaking on the role of Malcolm X Liberation University can and hopes to play in the black liberation struggle.
    2012.79.1.68.1b: Original 400 foot film reel.
    2012.79.1.68.1c: Original 400 foot film canister. The metal can has a sticker label from a film distribution company with the name of film.
    Place filmed
    Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Pearl Bowser Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Type
    sound films
    color films (visual works)
    short subjects
    16mm (photographic film size)
    Topic
    Civil Rights
    Education
    Film
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Television
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
    Object number
    2012.79.1.68.1abc
    Restrictions & Rights
    © National Educational Television
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ff49a8a3-10f3-473a-8719-85e8e5f89db0
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