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  • Shirley Miller Sherrod Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Sherrod, Shirley Miller, American, born 1948
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    United States Department of Justice, American, founded 1870
    Rev. Sherrod, Charles Melvin, American, born 1937
    New Communities, American, founded 1969
    Federation of Southern Cooperatives, American
    Date
    September 15, 2011
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:43:44
    Description
    The oral history consists of twelve digital files: 2011.174.50.1a, 2011.174.50.1b, 2011.174.50.1c, 2011.174.50.1d, 2011.174.50.1e, 2011.174.50.1f, 2011.174.50.1g, 2011.174.50.1h, 2011.174.50.1i, 2011.174.50.1j, and 2011.174.50.1k, 2011.174.50.1l.
    Shirley Sherrod recalls growing up on a farm in Baker County, Georgia, her father's murder, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She remembers traveling to Washington, D. C., to protest the Justice Department, and the attacks on her husband, the Reverend Charles Sherrod, a civil rights leader in Albany, Georgia. She also discusses starting the New Communities Land Trust and working for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and other organizations to help African American farmers.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0050
    Place collected
    Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Washington, District of Columbia, 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
    Agriculture
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Humanitarianism
    Labor
    Law
    Local and regional
    Social reform
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Violence
    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
    2011.174.50.1a-l
    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/fd53bb26b67-2f4a-4498-9869-8e761dc1d5a4
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