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Charles Melvin Sherrod Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Rev. Sherrod, Charles Melvin, American, born 1937
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Date
- June 4, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:20:25
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.22.1a and 2011.174.22.1b.
- The Reverend Charles Sherrod recalls how he became involved in the Albany Movement in Georgia, recruited local residents, and led marches and protests against segregation.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0022
- Place collected
- 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
- Albany Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- 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
- 2011.174.22.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Shirley Miller Sherrod Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Sherrod, Shirley Miller, American, born 1948
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- United States Department of Justice, American, founded 1870
- Rev. Sherrod, Charles Melvin, American, born 1937
- New Communities, American, founded 1969
- Federation of Southern Cooperatives, American
- Date
- September 15, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:43:44
- Description
- The oral history consists of twelve digital files: 2011.174.50.1a, 2011.174.50.1b, 2011.174.50.1c, 2011.174.50.1d, 2011.174.50.1e, 2011.174.50.1f, 2011.174.50.1g, 2011.174.50.1h, 2011.174.50.1i, 2011.174.50.1j, and 2011.174.50.1k, 2011.174.50.1l.
- Shirley Sherrod recalls growing up on a farm in Baker County, Georgia, her father's murder, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She remembers traveling to Washington, D. C., to protest the Justice Department, and the attacks on her husband, the Reverend Charles Sherrod, a civil rights leader in Albany, Georgia. She also discusses starting the New Communities Land Trust and working for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and other organizations to help African American farmers.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0050
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Washington, District of Columbia, 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
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Humanitarianism
- Labor
- Law
- Local and regional
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Violence
- 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
- 2011.174.50.1a-l
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Southwest Georgia. SNCC Field Secretary Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle
- Created by
- Lyon, Danny, American, born 1942
- Subject of
- Rev. Sherrod, Charles Melvin, American, born 1937
- Battle, Randy, American
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Date
- 1963; printed 1994
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 3/4 × 12 15/16 in. (22.2 × 32.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (27.6 x 35.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Charles Sherrod (standing) and Randy Battle (sitting) visiting an African American woman who is sitting on her front porch. An African American man and woman stand behind her.
- Place depicted
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.107.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Permission required for use.