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  • Ruby Nell Sales Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Nell Sales, Ruby, American, born 1948
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Daniels, Jonathan Myrick, American, 1939 - 1965
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:32:09
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    April 25, 2011
    Description
    The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.7.1a, 2011.174.7.1b, 2011.174.7.1c, 2011.174.7.1d, 2011.174.7.1e, 2011.174.7.1f, 2011.174.7.1g, 2011.174.7.1h, 2011.174.7.1i, and 2011.174.7.1j.
    Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. Her father was a Baptist minister and grew up in a racist and segregated society. Her grandmother was either born into slavery or right after it, and learned to read and write. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to Montgomery March, registering voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, and her arrest in Hayneville, Alabama. She remembers the murder of Jonathan Daniels, a seminary student who saved her life, and discusses her opinions on African American history and the current rate of African Americans in prison.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0007
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Justice
    Military
    Politics (Practical)
    Prisons
    Religion
    Segregation
    Slavery
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    Tuskegee Airmen
    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
    2011.174.7.1a-j
    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
  • Walter Tillow Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Tillow, Walter, American, born 1940
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    Harpur College, American, founded 1946
    Cornell University, American, founded 1865
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
    United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, American, founded 1936
    Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 1:48:09
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Fayette County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    June 21, 2013
    Description
    The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.92.1a, 2011.174.92.1b, 2011.174.92.1c, 2011.174.92.1d, 2011.174.92.1e, 2011.174.92.1f, and 2011.174.92.1g.
    Walter Tillow discusses how he joined the Civil Rights Movement as a college student and how that led him into labor and leftist movements. He describes his childhood in New York City and the leftist politics of his parents, as well as how he learned about the Movement as a college student at Harpur College and as a graduate student at Cornell University. In 1963, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and moved to Fayette County, Georgia where he worked on voter registration drives. He later worked in the SNCC communication office in Atlanta. He describes in detail the movement for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1965, he left the Movement to work for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and he later worked for the Communist Party.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0092
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Labor
    Political organizations
    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
    2011.174.92.1a-g
    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
  • The Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Rev. Dr. Lowery, Joseph Echols, American, born 1921
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:02:49
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Mobile, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    June 6, 2011
    Description
    The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.23.1a, 2011.174.23.1b, 2011.174.23.1c, and 2011.174.23.1d.
    The Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s. He remembers joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the differences in race relations between Mobile and other southern cities, and helping to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He reflects on the effectiveness of nonviolence, the libel suit against him, sit-ins across the country, and the Selma to Montgomery March.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0023
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Race relations
    Religion
    Social reform
    United States--History--1953-1961
    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
    2011.174.23.1a-d
    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
  • Abernathy Family Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Abernathy, Donzaleigh, American, born 1957
    Abernathy, Juandalynn R., American
    Rev. Abernathy, Ralph D. III, American, 1959 - 2016
    Interviewed by
    Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
    Subject of
    Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:02:33
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Stuttgart, Germany, Europe
    Date
    October 10, 2013
    Description
    The oral history consists of twenty-nine digital files: 2011.174.108.1a, 2011.174.108.1b, 2011.174.108.1c, 2011.174.108.1d, 2011.174.108.1e, 2011.174.108.1f, 2011.174.108.1g, 2011.174.108.1h, 2011.174.108.1i, 2011.174.108.1j, 2011.174.108.1k, 2011.174.108.1l, 2011.174.108.1m, 2011.174.108.1n, 2011.174.108.1o, 2011.174.108.1p, 2011.174.108.1q, 2011.174.108.1r, 2011.174.108.1s, 2011.174.108.1t, 2011.174.108.1u, 2011.174.108.1v, 2011.174.108.1w, 2011.174.108.1x, 2011.174.108.1y, 2011.174.108.1z, 2011.174.108.1aa, 2011.174.108.1bb, and 2011.174.108.1cc.
    Donzaleigh Abernathy, Juandalynn Abernathy, and Ralph Abernathy, III, recall their father, Ralph David Abernathy and their own experiences as children in the Civil Rights Movement. The Abernathy children spent much of their childhoods with the children of Martin Luther King, Jr. Unlike the King children, the Abernathy siblings actively participated in direct action, including the Poor People's Campaign. All three children felt palpably the fear of violence in their everyday lives. This interview offers an intimate portrait of the home of a civil rights icon and of the intense friendship between Abernathy and King.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0108
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Children
    Civil rights
    Families
    Social reform
    United States--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
    2011.174.108.1a-cc
    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
  • Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998
    Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:03:09
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    India, Asia
    Philippines, Asia
    Date
    September 16, 2011
    Description
    The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.51.1a, 2011.174.51.1b, 2011.174.51.1c, 2011.174.51.1d, 2011.174.51.1e, 2011.174.51.1f, 2011.174.51.1g, 2011.174.51.1h, 2011.174.51.1i, and 2011.174.51.1j.
    Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India, and the Philippines while her father worked for the Foreign Service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a secretary, and witnessing the dissolution of that organization. She discusses meeting her former husband, Eldridge Cleaver, joining the Black Panther Party, and organizing against police brutality.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp005
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Social reform
    United States--History--1945-1953
    United States--History--1953-1961
    United States--History--1961-1969
    United States--History--1969-2001
    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
    2011.174.51.1a-j
    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
  • 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
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:12:48
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    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
    Date
    August 14, 2013
    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
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    Africa
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Labor
    Medicine
    Social reform
    United States--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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    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Annie Pearl Avery Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Avery, Anne Pearl, American, born 1943
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Albany Movement, American, 1961 - 1962
    Moore, William Lewis, American, 1927 - 1963
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:31:05
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 31, 2011
    Description
    The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.19.1a, 2011.174.19.1b, 2011.174.19.1c, 2011.174.19.1d, 2011.174.19.1e, 2011.174.19.1f, and 2011.174.19.1g.
    Annie Pearl Avery remembers her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at age sixteen. She recalls attending a SNCC meeting in Atlanta and being stranded and threatened in Marietta, Georgia, on the way home. She discusses her involvement in the Albany Movement, her many arrests for protesting, marching with William Moore, and participating in voter registration drives in many locations across the South.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0019
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Law
    Politics (Practical)
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    United States--History--1953-1961
    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
    2011.174.19.1a-g
    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
  • Dorothy Foreman Cotton Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Foreman Cotton, Dorothy, American, born 1930
    Interviewed by
    Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
    Subject of
    Shaw University, American, founded 1865
    Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
    Dr. Daniel, Robert Prentiss, American, 1902 - 1968
    Cotton, George J., American
    Gillfield Baptist Church, American, founded 1797
    Rev. Dr. Walker, Wyatt Tee, American, 1929 - 2018
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
    Highlander Folk School, American
    Clark, Septima Poinsette, American, 1898 - 1987
    Jenkins, Esau, American, 1910 - 1972
    Citizenship Education Program, American, founded 1954
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:12:39
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    July 25, 2011
    Description
    The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.40.1a, 2011.174.40.1b, 2011.174.40.1c, 2011.174.40.1d, 2011.174.40.1e, 2011.174.40.1f, 2011.174.40.1g, and 2011.174.40.1h.
    Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniel, and meeting her husband, George Cotton. She discusses attending the Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, working with pastor Wyatt Tee Walker on organizing civil rights protests and meetings, and meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. She moved to Atlanta to assist Walker in his work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she became Director of Education for the organization. At the Highlander Folk School, she met Septima Clark and Esau Jenkins and led the Citizenship Education Program. She also discusses the impact of King's assassination on the movement and the philosophy of nonviolence.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0040
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Labor
    Religion
    Social reform
    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
    2011.174.40.1a-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
  • C.T. Vivian Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Rev. Vivian, C. T., American, born 1924
    Interviewed by
    Branch, Taylor, American, born 1947
    Subject of
    American Baptist Theological Seminary, American, founded 1924
    Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
    Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901
    Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 4:06:19
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Peoria, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
    Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
    Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    March 29, 2011
    Description
    The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.6.1a, 2011.174.6.1b, 2011.174.6.1c, and 2011.174.6.1d.
    C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0006
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Children
    Civil rights
    Prisons
    Religion
    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
    2011.174.6.1a-d
    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
  • William S. Leventhal Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Leventhal, William S., American, born 1946
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
    Summer Community Organization and Political Education, American, founded 1965
    Major League Baseball, American, founded 1869
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 03:02:18
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    El Segundo, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    April 13, 2013
    Description
    The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.82.1a, 2011.174.82.1b, 2011.174.82.1c, 2011.174.82.1d, 2011.174.82.1e, 2011.174.82.1f, 2011.174.82.1g, and 2011.174.82.1h.
    Willy Siegel Leventhal discusses his childhood in California, his experiences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1960s, and his involvement in the Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project (SCOPE). Leventhal describes what it was like to be a Jewish child in a mostly Catholic community and how his childhood experiences informed his later activism and identity. Baseball was especially important to him, as he witnessed the first Jewish and African American ballplayers desegregate the Major Leagues. Leventhal became active in SCOPE during his first year at UCLA, after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visited campus to recruit students. Leventhal describes the SCOPE training in Atlanta, and he shares his memories of living and working in Macon and Americus, Georgia.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0082
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    American West
    Associations and institutions
    Baseball
    Civil rights
    Education
    Religion
    Social reform
    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
    2011.174.82.1a-h
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Lonnie C. King Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    King, Lonnie C., American, born 1936
    Interviewed by
    Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
    Subject of
    Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
    Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
    United States Navy, American, founded 1775
    Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Rev. King, Martin Luther Sr, American, 1899 - 1984
    Dr. Mays, Benjamin Elijah, American, 1894 - 1984
    Clement, Rufus Early, American, 1900 - 1967
    Atlanta Student Movement, American, founded 1960
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:33:48
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    May 29, 2013
    Description
    The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.90.1a, 2011.174.90.1b, 2011.174.90.1c, 2011.174.90.1d, 2011.174.90.1e, 2011.174.90.1f, 2011.174.90.1g, 2011.174.90.1h, 2011.174.90.1i, 2011.174.90.1j, 2011.174.90.1k.
    Lonnie C. King shares his memories of growing up in Atlanta, where he attended Ebenezer Baptist Church and was close with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family. He recalls his stint in the U.S. Navy, his years as a student at Morehouse College, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Atlanta in the 1960s. He also remembers his relationships with older African American leaders in Atlanta, including Martin Luther King, Sr., the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mays, and Rufus Clement, and the various boycotts and protests staged by the Atlanta Student Movement while he was its director.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0090
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Military
    Religion
    Social reform
    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
    2011.174.90.1a-k
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    See more items in
    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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