Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Cox, Courtland, American, born 1941

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Howard University, American, founded 1867

Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964

Sixth Pan-African Congress, founded 1974

Pan-African Congress, 1919 - 1994

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:43:40

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Trinidad and Tobago, South America

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

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa

Date

July 8, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.30.1a, 2011.174.30.1b, 2011.174.30.1c, 2011.174.30.1d, 2011.174.30.1e, 2011.174.30.1f, 2011.174.30.1g, 2011.174.30.1h, and 2011.174.30.1i.

Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merged with other groups to become the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses the March on Washington, the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, changes in SNCC, and attending the Sixth Pan-African Congress.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0030

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

2011.174.30.1a-i

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

Manufactured by

African Pride Textile Mills Ltd., Tanzanian, founded 2003

Subject of

President Barack Obama, American, born 1961

Medium

cotton

Dimensions

H x W: 43 5/16 × 70 1/16 in. (110 × 178 cm)

Type

textiles

portraits

Place made

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa

Date

2008

Description

Kanga by African Pride Textile Mills Ltd. in red, white, and blue featuring portraits of Barack Obama and American flags. The cloth has a wide red border and a dark blue interior ground. At the center are four (4) American flags arranged diagonally to create an empty diamond space in the middle. Inside this space are three (3) of the same portrait of Obama, placed in a diagonal and slightly overlapping, with Obama looking upward to the left. They are printed with the middle of the three in red and the outer two in blue. In each corner of the interior section the "O" rising sun logo of the Obama campaign is printed in red, white, and blue, arranged so that the red and white striped portion is facing into the point of the corner. A white rectangle with blue text reading "YES WE CAN - OBAMA" is printed at the bottom center interior section. A thin border surrounds the interior with thick white lines around it and a row of closely spaced five-pointed stars in white inside the lines. In the wide red outer border the year "2008" is printed in white repeatedly and closely spaced. The "O" rising sun logo is again printed in each corner of the outer border, also arranged with the red and white striped section pointing toward the point of the corner. Manufacturer's information is printed vertically along the right side edge that reads "SOMO MOTO, HISTORI-KALI AFRICAN PRIDE TEXTILE MILLS LTD. [star] LESSO [star] PRINTED TANZANIA KHANGA DES NO. 9116".

Topic

African American

Africa

African diaspora

Design

Identity

Politics (Practical)

Textile design

United States--History--2001-

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley

Object number

2017.16.15

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification

Textiles

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture