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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
    Date
    March 21, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:48:00
    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
    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
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Mississippi Freedom Summer
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    U.S. 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58c4e03ed-c708-49e0-81e8-e7fc331b9049
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    Hand-colored albumen portrait of Princess Dagmar

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Empress Feodorovna, Maria, Danish, 1847 - 1928
    Owned by
    Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
    Date
    1860-1870
    Medium
    albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.2 × 5.9 cm)
    H x W (Image on Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6 cm)
    Description
    A hand-colored albumen print of Mari¯i?a? F?eodorovna, or Princess Dagmar, shown in bust portrait. Her body is facing with her left side foremost and her head is turned to the front. Her hair is gathered in a snood behind her head with a gold band and a red bow on top of her head. She wears an evening gown with a ruffled yoke that is painted red with green ribbons. She wears several strands of pearls around her neck.
    Handwritten in graphite along the bottom of the print is the text "Sister of Princess of Wales". Printed in ink below the print is the text "PRINCESS DAGMAR".
    The print is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Princess Dagmar".
    Place depicted
    Denmark, Europe
    Collection title
    Emily Howland Photograph Album
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Type
    albumen prints
    portraits
    Topic
    International affairs
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
    Object number
    2017.30.30
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d54254ed-1ae6-4f76-9236-c7da31382627
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