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  • Kay Tillow Oral History Interview

    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
    Date
    August 14, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:12:48
    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
    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
    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
    Africa
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Labor
    Medicine
    Social reform
    U.S. 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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    Usage conditions apply
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    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50a360d1d-2fd1-4b8e-b4da-489028a1659f
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