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  • Rosie Head Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Head, Rosie M., American
    Interviewed by
    Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
    Subject of
    Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964
    Child Development Group of Mississippi, American, founded 1965
    Date
    March 13, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:18:59
    Description
    The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.74.1a, 2011.174.74.1b, 2011.174.74.1c, 2011.174.74.1d, 2011.174.74.1e, 2011.174.74.1f, and 2011.174.74.1g.
    Rosie Head describes her early life in Greenwood, Mississippi, where her family lived and worked on a plantation. She discusses how her parents faced racial discrimination in their work and how they were cheated by the plantation owner and then blacklisted. In 1964, Head joined the Civil Rights Movement in Tchula, Mississippi, where her family had relocated. Head recounts the various ways she was involved in the movement: registering voters, working with Freedom Summer volunteers, helping to establish the Child Development Group of Mississippi, and campaigning for black candidates for political office.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0074
    Place collected
    Tchula, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Greenwood, Leflore County, 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
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Children
    Civil rights
    Labor
    Politics
    Race discrimination
    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
    2011.174.74.1a-g
    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/fd5d8a8250b-ebaf-4003-8fcf-38d0755f5467
  • The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims

    Written by
    B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960
    Date
    August 22, 1931
    Medium
    ink on paper with metal
    Dimensions
    H x W: 14 × 9 in. (35.6 × 22.9 cm)
    Description
    A manuscript titled “The Tulsa Race Riot and Three of Its Victims” by B. C. Franklin. The unpublished manuscript consists of ten pages written in black type on yellowed paper. It was written ten years after the Tulsa Riots on August 22, 1931 and recounts the events of the Tulsa Riot as witnessed by the author. The pages contain an account of Franklin witnessing three men being killed by the mob. The manuscript is signed by B.C. Franklin on the last page.
    Place depicted
    Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    manuscripts
    Topic
    American South
    American West
    Race relations
    Race riots
    U.S. History, 1919-1933
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
    Object number
    2015.176.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56322e79f-ac61-44ce-b722-d0fd03002cd6
  • CC0 Creative Commons - No Rights Reserved icon

    Photograph of B.C. Franklin, I.H. Spears, and Effie Thompson

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960
    Spears, I. H., American
    Thompson, Effie
    Date
    June 6, 1921
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of B.C. Franklin (right) and I. H. Spears (left), with Secretary Effie Thompson (center), in their temporary tent office after the Tulsa Race Riot, 1921. Franklin and Spears sit on either end of a desk facing the camera. They are both holding books in their hands and looking down towards the books. Thompson stands in the center background of the photograph behind the desk. The date is handwritten just below the image on the front of the photograph. There is also a handwritten inscription on the back that identifies the subject and date of the photograph.
    Place depicted
    Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    American South
    American West
    Justice
    Law
    Race relations
    U.S. History, 1919-1933
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
    Object number
    2015.176.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57ec34848-35a4-4b90-a386-cad7acb3f041
  • CC0 Creative Commons - No Rights Reserved icon

    Desk from the Dreamland Theater in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Williams Dreamland Theater, American, founded 1906
    Date
    early 20th century
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 051
    Exhibition
    Power of Place
    Medium
    wood, metal, varnish
    Dimensions
    32 x 33 x 17 1/4 in. (81.3 x 83.8 x 43.8 cm)
    Description
    Wooden writing desk with four fluted legs. At the front, below the mid-section, on either side are long rectangles of wood with angled triangles extending out from center. The desk has four cubby holes below a shelf on the back of the writing surface. There is a pair of cubbies on either side of the desk’s writing surface as well. The writing surface slides in and out of mid-section with two hand holds for easy access on either side of the top near the front. The front portion of the writing top is slightly curved. The desk has a large rectangular drawer with scalloped lower edges on the front. The front of the drawer has two pairs of carved out scallops near the center. The drawer slides in and out of lower portion of the desk top.
    Place collected
    Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
    Type
    writing desks
    Topic
    Business
    Race discrimination
    U.S. History, 1919-1933
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
    Object number
    2013.119
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public Domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cad4b440-a8dd-4305-8ffd-4e2c5b797218
  • Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Tuttle, Rick Ph. D., American, born 1940
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
    Wesleyan University, American, founded 1831
    University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
    Chatham County Crusade for Voters, American, c. 1960
    Date
    April 11, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:04:49
    Description
    The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.78.1a, 2011.174.78.1b, 2011.174.78.1c, 2011.174.78.1d, 2011.174.78.1e, and 2011.174.78.1f.
    Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he was recruited to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963 and went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to work on voter registration drives. He also briefly spied on white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan meetings. After being driven out of Mississippi by threats, he joined the Chatham County Crusade for Voters in Savannah, Georgia. Tuttle describes being arrested in Savannah for disturbing the peace and the subsequent trial. Tuttle discusses the work he did after leaving the Movement: as the comptroller in Los Angeles he helped to bring an end to segregation at private clubs and participated in the anti-apartheid movement.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0078
    Place collected
    Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Anti-apartheid movements
    Freedom Riders
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    American West
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Resistance
    Segregation
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    White supremacy movements
    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
    2011.174.78.1a-f
    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/fd5181a739c-7ce8-4c97-af16-8f7854adda11
  • Photographic print of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Date
    before 1921
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (7 x 17.1 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Depicted are store fronts, telephone wires, and a sign for a dentist's office. People are visible on the sidewalk. There is paper pasted to the back of the photograph with black type that reads [Greenwood--We called it the "Stem". Nostalgic memories remain.]
    Place depicted
    Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    American South
    American West
    Business
    Communities
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
    Object number
    2011.60.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5170edba8-a859-4780-9f36-416700f4f2d5
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    Panaromic photograph of workers outside the Grendel Textile Mill

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Date
    1923-1924
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 7 1/2 x 25 in. (19.1 x 63.5 cm)
    Description
    A panoramic photograph of nearly a hundred men, many of them African American, posing for a formal photograph in front of the Grendel Textile Mill in Greenwood, South Carolina.
    Place depicted
    Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    Labor
    Men
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Nancy Adams and Daisy Holsonback
    Object number
    2012.92
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5eb487c8c-1e77-42e8-8358-cd5484c98c1f
  • Photograph of the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Date
    before 1921
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (7 x 11.4 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Depicted are store fronts, telephone wires, and a sign for a dentist's office. People are visible on the sidewalk. There are no marks on the back.
    Place depicted
    Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    photographs
    Topic
    American South
    American West
    Business
    Communities
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
    Object number
    2011.60.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd568d30f38-a482-431f-ae7c-fd7cea9e58cc
  • Photographic print of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Date
    before 1921
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (7 x 11.4 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, OK. Depicted are cars parked on a street, a horse, a carriage, people walking along shopfronts, and telephone poles. There are no marks or writing on the back.
    Place depicted
    Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    Topic
    American South
    American West
    Business
    Communities
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
    Object number
    2011.60.5
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd572ae1aad-5af8-4112-8606-1009993e36c8
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