Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Dr. Derby, Doris, American

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

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

NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936

Hunter College, American, founded 1870

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Free Southern Theater, American, 1963 - 1980

Head Start Program, American, founded 1965

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:51:05

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

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

Place depicted

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

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

Date

April 26, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.8.1a, 2011.174.8.1b, 2011.174.8.1c, 2011.174.8.1d, 2011.174.8.1e, 2011.174.8.1f, 2011.174.8.1g, and 2011.174.8.1h.

Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She talks about going to an Episcopal church. She recalls her work in African art and dance, and traveling to Albany, Georgia, to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with voter registration. She remembers teaching adult literacy in Mississippi with SNCC, starting the Free Southern Theater, and working for Head Start.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0008

Topic

African American

American South

Art

Associations and institutions

Children

Civil rights

Dance

Education

Religion

Social reform

Suffrage

Theatre

United States--History--1961-1969

Urban life

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

2011.174.8.1a-h

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