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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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57d53a14c-c132-4f14-a222-0ad7faa59c03
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b935803a-91d5-443e-b2c4-1c6ba93b5951
  • 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5704fcd3f-eeef-4ba5-b4a8-a54fa2ed694a
  • 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
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2012.88.2ab
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a23374d6-2abd-4e84-ad4a-c2a0cbd69ec3
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd599175bd9-b989-4b68-9847-568359b6cc13
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54ddd61b8-b416-48fe-8e55-464bea9fa5af
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51ab3ec3c-dd9e-4dd9-99e7-1b0623989118
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51904f726-274b-4106-a655-40a7aed355b0
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b878ae59-61d2-44e0-8819-c764eb49a80a
  • 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
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bfac6a0e-8f78-42fa-baad-4be52809f2da
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52e28a9ed-cc75-4c94-97b3-d08082e32a60
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54a4c509d-e578-408a-9783-74fd65c50261
  • 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 View
    Culture/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
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Entertainers
    Photography
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58a192ba9-5bba-4960-bac0-a32c85f2ea74
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