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Steven McNichols Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- McNichols, Steven, American, 1939 - 2013
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
- United States Student Association, American, founded 1947
- National Student Federation of America, American, founded 1925
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Delta Ministry, American, founded 1964
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- 1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964
- Date
- March 1, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:17:14
- Description
- The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.58.1a, 2011.174.58.1b, 2011.174.58.1c, 2011.174.58.1d, 2011.174.58.1e, 2011.174.58.1f, 2011.174.58.1g, 2011.174.58.1h, 2011.174.58.1i, 2011.174.58.1j, and 2011.174.58.1k.
- Steven McNichols discussed his childhood in New York City, his mother's illnesses and attending the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958. He became involved in politics through the National Student Federation and National Student Association, and participated in the Freedom Rides, riding a train from Los Angeles, California, to Houston, Texas. He also discusses his work with the Delta Ministry, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and the 1964 Democratic Party convention.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0058
- Place collected
- Burlingame, San Mateo County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Politics
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- 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
- 2011.174.58.1a-k
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Gwendolyn M. Patton Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Patton, Gwendolyn M., American, born 1943
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, American, founded 1877
- Date
- June 1, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:51:26
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.20.1a, 2011.174.20.1b, 2011.174.20.1c, 2011.174.20.1d, 2011.174.20.1e, 2011.174.20.1f, 2011.174.20.1g, and 2011.174.20.1h.
- Gwendolyn Patton discusses attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she became involved in many civil rights organizations and was elected student body president. She recalls hosting the Freedom Riders in 1961, and spending a year in a segregated sanitarium when she had tuberculosis. She recounts organizing Tuskegee students for the Selma to Montgomery March, occupying the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and registering voters in Lowndes County.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0020
- Place collected
- Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Lowndes County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Selma to Montgomery Marches
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Medicine
- Politics
- 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
- 2011.174.20.1a-h
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Letter written by John Moody to his parents about the Freedom Rides
- Written by
- Moody, John P. Jr.
- Received by
- Moody, John P. Sr., American, 1903 - 1965
- Moody, Marie, American, 1903 - 1995
- Subject of
- Rev. Vivian, C. T., American, born 1924
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Date
- May 27, 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 5/16 × 6 9/16 in. (23.7 × 16.7 cm)
- Description
- A six page letter written by John Moody to his parents on May 27, 1961. The letter is handwritten in red pen on white paper. The letter describes his participation in the May 1961 Freedom Ride from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi and his subsequent experience on trial and in jail in Jackson.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Jackson, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- correspondence
- Freedom
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Civil rights
- Correspondence
- Law
- Resistance
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John P. Moody, Jr.
- Object number
- 2014.235a-f
- Restrictions & Rights
- © John P. Moody Jr.
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Sit-in Songs: Songs of the Freedom Riders
- Published by
- Dauntless International, American, 1951 - 1966
- Subject of
- Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- vinyl, cardboard, paper, ink
- Dimensions
- Diameter (disc): 12 in. (30.5 cm)
- H x W (cardboard sleeve): 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (31.4 x 31.4 cm)
- Description
- A 33 1/3 rpm LP record album titled "Sit-in Songs: Songs of the Freedom Riders." The album cover is black and white and has the title, the CORE logo, and a depiction of a musical scale on it. The back of the cover has information about the album, a list of the songs on the LP, and photographs of the Freedom Riders. The album has a Dauntless logo in black and white that lists each side's tracks.
- Classification
- Media Arts-Audio Recordings
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- record covers
- long-playing records
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.88.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer, American, born 1941
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Duke University, American, founded 1838
- Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901
- Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
- Date
- March 17, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:06:04
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.79.1a, 2011.174.79.1b, 2011.174.79.1c, 2011.174.79.1d, 2011.174.79.1e, 2011.174.79.1f, 2011.174.79.1g, and 2011.174.79.1h.
- Joan Trumpauer Mulholland shares how, as a child in Arlington, Virginia, her awareness of racial disparities grew. As a student at Duke University, she began participating in the sit-in movement. She soon moved to Washington, D.C. and joined the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG), which led her to participate in the Freedom Rides of 1961. She describes in detail serving time at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm) with other civil rights activists. Mulholland also discusses attending Tougaloo College and her involvement in the Jackson sit-in movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0079
- Place collected
- Arlington, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Prisons
- Race relations
- Resistance
- Social reform
- 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
- 2011.174.79.1a-h
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Louise Willingham Broadway Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Broadway, Louise Willingham, American, born 1930
- Interviewed by
- Griffin, Willie James Ph. D., American, born 1974
- Subject of
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:33:59
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.68.1a and 2011.174.68.1b.
- Louise Willingham Broadway shares her experiences of segregated education in Baker County, Georgia, and she discusses the lessons that her parents taught her when she was a child. Broadway describes her experiences as a mother sending her daughter to an all-white school. She also describes her involvement in the Baker County Movement, especially her work for a doctor who treated Freedom Riders.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0068
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- Families
- Medicine
- Segregation
- Social reform
- 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
- 2011.174.68.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Simeon Booker and Moses Newson Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Booker, Simeon, American, 1918 - 2017
- Newson, Moses James, American, born 1927
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Tri-State Defender, American, founded 1951
- Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
- Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Date
- July 13, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:32:24
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.31.1a, 2011.174.31.1b, 2011.174.31.1c, 2011.174.31.1d, 2011.174.31.1e, 2011.174.31.1f, and 2011.174.31.1g.
- Simeon Booker and Moses Newson recall their early careers in journalism at several African American newspapers. Newson remembers covering school desegregation cases in Clinton, Tennessee and Hoxie, Arkansas, for the Memphis Tri-State Defender. Booker discusses covering the Emmett Till murder and the integration of Little Rock High School for Jet. They both remember covering the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0031
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Little Rock, Oulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- American South
- Civil rights
- Education
- Justice
- Law
- Mass media
- Segregation
- Social reform
- U.S. 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
- 2011.174.31.1a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Linda Fuller Degelmann Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Fuller Degelmann, Linda, American
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
- Subject of
- Koinonia Farm, American, founded 1942
- Fuller, Millard Dean, American, 1935 - 2009
- Habitat for Humanity, American, founded 1976
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Date
- May 28, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:07:51
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.89.1a, 2011.174.89.1b, 2011.174.89.1c, 2011.174.89.1d, 2011.174.89.1e, and 2011.174.89.1f.
- Linda Fuller Degelmann discusses her experiences at Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia. She and her former husband, Millard Fuller were inspired to start Habitat for Humanity. She describes her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and her memories of racial segregation from childhood through young adulthood when she became aware of the Freedom Rides and the Civil Rights Movement. She and Millard decided to move to Koinonia Farm in 1968, where they worked on cooperative industries, helped to establish a child development center, and built homes, which provided the seeds for Habitat for Humanity. She goes on to describe the growth of Habitat for Humanity in the United States and internationally, and she explains the religious principles of the organization as well as linking it to the Civil Rights Movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0089
- Place collected
- Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Humanitarianism
- Labor
- Religion
- Social reform
- 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
- 2011.174.89.1a-f
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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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
- Date
- March 29, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 4:06:19
- 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
- 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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Prisons
- Religion
- 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
- 2011.174.6.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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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
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Jamila Jones Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Jones, Jamila, American, born 1944
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- The Montgomery Gospel Trio, American
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Highlander Folk School, American
- Harambee Singers, American, founded 1966
- Date
- April 27, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:49:27
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.9.1a, 2011.174.9.1b, 2011.174.9.1c, and 2011.174.9.1d.
- Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the civil rights movement. She recalls helping the Freedom Riders, visiting the Highlander Folk Center, writing a new verse of the song "We Shall Overcome", and founding the Harambee Singers.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0009
- Place collected
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- American South
- Civil rights
- Singers (Musicians)
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- 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
- 2011.174.9.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Thomas Walter Gaither Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Gaither, Thomas Walter Ph. D., American, born 1938
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Claflin University, American, founded 1869
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- University of Iowa, American, founded 1847
- Date
- September 12, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:10:47
- Description
- The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.43.1a, 2011.174.43.1b, 2011.174.43.1c, 2011.174.43.1d, 2011.174.43.1e, 2011.174.43.1f, 2011.174.43.1g, 2011.174.43.1h, 2011.174.43.1i, and 2011.174.43.1j.
- Thomas Gaither, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina, attending Claflin College, and leading the college's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter. He remembers the student sit-ins in Orangeburg, South Carolina, joining the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and being arrested for protesting in Hollywood, Florida. He discusses organizing the Freedom Rides, his belief in nonviolence, and earning his Ph. D. in biology at the University of Iowa.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0043
- Place collected
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Hollywood, Browar County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Prisons
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Social reform
- 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
- 2011.174.43.1a-j
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Amos C. Brown Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Rev. Dr. Brown, Amos C., American
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Evers, Medgar, American, 1925 - 1963
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
- The Plain Dealer, American, founded 1842
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Operation Crossroads Africa, American, founded 1958
- Third Baptist Church, American, founded 1852
- Date
- March 2, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:58:48
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.60.1a, 2011.174.60.1b, 2011.174.60.1c, 2011.174.60.1d, 2011.174.60.1e, 2011.174.60.1f, 2011.174.60.1g, and 2011.174.60.1h.
- Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi and meeting Medgar Evers, who quickly became his mentor. Brown was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a teenager, leading the Jackson chapter and then the whole state Youth Council and traveling with Mr. Evers across the country to attend a national conference. He was asked to leave his high school for making comments to the Cleveland Plain Dealer about unequal schools for blacks, and remembers his participation in a 1961 Freedom Ride, his travel to Africa as part of Operation Crossroads Africa, and his work at Third Baptist Church on various social causes.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0060
- Place collected
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Africa
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Africa
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- International affairs
- Religion
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Youth
- 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
- 2011.174.60.1a-h
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Photograph of McDew, Hansberry, Simone, Bikel, and Forman
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Simone, Nina, American, 1933 - 2003
- Bikel, Theodore, American, born 1924
- Forman, James, American, 1928 - 2005
- McDew, Charles F., American, born 1938
- Date
- 1961-1962
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.6 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of (from left to the right): Charles McDew, Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone, Theodore Bikel, and James Forman during a rally for Freedom Riders in New York City. Paper attached to the back of the image has several inscriptions identifying the photograph.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Andy Stroud
- Object number
- 2011.152.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible