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  • Doris Adelaide Derby Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Dr. Derby, Doris, American
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
    Hunter College, American, founded 1870
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Free Southern Theater, American, 1963 - 1980
    Head Start Program, American, founded 1965
    Date
    April 26, 2011
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:51:05
    Description
    The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.8.1a, 2011.174.8.1b, 2011.174.8.1c, 2011.174.8.1d, 2011.174.8.1e, 2011.174.8.1f, 2011.174.8.1g, and 2011.174.8.1h.
    Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She talks about going to an Episcopal church. She recalls her work in African art and dance, and traveling to Albany, Georgia, to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with voter registration. She remembers teaching adult literacy in Mississippi with SNCC, starting the Free Southern Theater, and working for Head Start.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0008
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    American South
    Art
    Associations and institutions
    Children
    Civil rights
    Dance
    Education
    Religion
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    Theatre
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Urban life
    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
    2011.174.8.1a-h
    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/fd5eff16b98-26cc-4ea1-9af5-fc1b07836175
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