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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
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 00:49:27
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    April 27, 2011
    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
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Civil rights
    Singers (Musicians)
    Social reform
    United States--History--1953-1961
    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
    2011.174.9.1a-d
    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
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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