Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Tillow, Walter, American, born 1940

Interviewed by

Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969

Subject of

Harpur College, American, founded 1946

Cornell University, American, founded 1865

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, American, founded 1936

Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 1:48:09

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Fayette County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

June 21, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.92.1a, 2011.174.92.1b, 2011.174.92.1c, 2011.174.92.1d, 2011.174.92.1e, 2011.174.92.1f, and 2011.174.92.1g.

Walter Tillow discusses how he joined the Civil Rights Movement as a college student and how that led him into labor and leftist movements. He describes his childhood in New York City and the leftist politics of his parents, as well as how he learned about the Movement as a college student at Harpur College and as a graduate student at Cornell University. In 1963, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and moved to Fayette County, Georgia where he worked on voter registration drives. He later worked in the SNCC communication office in Atlanta. He describes in detail the movement for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1965, he left the Movement to work for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and he later worked for the Communist Party.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0092

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Labor

Political organizations

Social reform

Suffrage

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

2011.174.92.1a-g

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Tillow, Kay, American

Interviewed by

Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969

Subject of

University of Illinois, American, founded 1867

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Service Employees International Union, American, founded 1921

Coalition of Labor Union Women, American, founded 1974

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:12:48

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

August 14, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.99.1a, 2011.174.99.1b, 2011.174.99.1c, 2011.174.99.1d, and 2011.174.99.1e.

Kay Tillow describes learning about the Civil Rights Movement as a student at the University of Illinois, where she got involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She remembers attending the trials of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers in Cairo, Illinois, and traveling to Ghana in 1962. When she returned to the United States in 1963 she participated in sit-ins in Atlanta, Georgia, and demonstrations in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She discusses her work with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, a hospital workers' union, and organizing victories in Pennsylvania. Tillow also discusses her role in the Coalition of Labor Union Women and her current work on health care reform.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0099

Topic

African American

Activism

Africa

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Labor

Medicine

Social reform

United States--History--1961-1969

Women

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

2011.174.99.1a-e

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

Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Avery, Anne Pearl, American, born 1943

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Albany Movement, American, 1961 - 1962

Moore, William Lewis, American, 1927 - 1963

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:31:05

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

May 31, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.19.1a, 2011.174.19.1b, 2011.174.19.1c, 2011.174.19.1d, 2011.174.19.1e, 2011.174.19.1f, and 2011.174.19.1g.

Annie Pearl Avery remembers her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at age sixteen. She recalls attending a SNCC meeting in Atlanta and being stranded and threatened in Marietta, Georgia, on the way home. She discusses her involvement in the Albany Movement, her many arrests for protesting, marching with William Moore, and participating in voter registration drives in many locations across the South.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0019

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Law

Politics (Practical)

Social reform

Suffrage

United States--History--1953-1961

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

2011.174.19.1a-g

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