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Lawrence Guyot Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Guyot, Lawrence, Jr., American, 1939 - 2012
- Interviewed by
- Representative Julian Bond, American, 1940 - 2015
- Subject of
- Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1:27:13
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- December 30, 2010
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.5.1a and 2011.174.5.1b.
- Lawrence Guyot recalls growing up in Pass Christian, Mississippi, and the influence of his family, and attending Tougaloo College. He remembers meeting members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), joining the organization, and participating in Freedom Summer. He discusses his opinions and memories of Mississippi politics, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and his later life in Washington, D. C.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0005
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Politics (Practical)
- 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
- 2011.174.5.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- See more items in
- 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
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Walter Bruce Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Bruce, Walter, American, 1928 - 2014
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:24:55
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 11, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.71.1a, 2011.174.71.1b, 2011.174.71.1c, 2011.174.71.1d, 2011.174.71.1e, 2011.174.71.1f, 2011.174.71.1g, 2011.174.71.1h, and 2011.174.71.1i.
- Walter Bruce shares memories of his childhood in Durant, Mississippi, where his family sharecropped. As a young man he became a carpenter and also a gospel singer. He describes his early involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, including his participation in Mississippi Freedom Summer. Bruce was involved in community and political organizing throughout the 1960s, from helping to start health clinics and participating in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to his involvement in sit-ins and marches. Bruce also discusses the process of choosing and running black candidates for political office in the 1960s.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0071
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Gospel (Music)
- Labor
- Medicine
- Politics (Practical)
- Resistance
- Singers (Musicians)
- Social reform
- 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
- 2011.174.71.1a-i
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- See more items in
- 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
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Cleveland Sellers, Ed. D. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Sellers, Cleveland Ed. D., American, born 1944
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Vorhees College, American, founded 1897
- NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
- Howard University, American, founded 1867
- Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:48:00
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Denmark, Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 21, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.81.1a, 2011.174.81.1b, 2011.174.81.1c, 2011.174.81.1d, and 2011.174.81.1e.
- Cleveland Sellers, Ed. D. shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Denmark, and he describes the group's activities. He discusses his first impressions of Howard University, where he joined the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG). He shares memories of the March on Washington and the role of students in organizing it, his involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and his role in the Mississippi Freedom Project. He also describes the goals of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the tensions that developed within SNCC in the late 1960s.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0081
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Social reform
- 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
- 2011.174.81.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- See more items in
- 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