Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

McDew, Charles F., American, born 1938

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:21:53

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

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

Place depicted

Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

June 4, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.21.1a, 2011.174.21.1b, 2011.174.21.1c, 2011.174.21.1d, and 2011.174.21.1e.

Charles McDew recalls growing up in Massillon, Ohio, his family's involvement in the steel mill unions and attending South Carolina State University. He remembers being arrested three times in two days for not obeying segregation laws in South Carolina, founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and registering voters in Mississippi.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0021

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Civil rights

Labor

Law

Politics (Practical)

Segregation

Social reform

Suffrage

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

2011.174.21.1a-e

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