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

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:06:04

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

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

Date

March 17, 2013

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

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Prisons

Race relations

Resistance

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

2011.174.79.1a-h

Restrictions & Rights

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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

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

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:04:49

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

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

Date

April 11, 2013

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

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

American West

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Resistance

Segregation

Social reform

Suffrage

United States--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

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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

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

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:10:47

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

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

Date

September 12, 2011

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

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Prisons

Resistance

Segregation

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

2011.174.43.1a-j

Restrictions & Rights

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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

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

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:17:14

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

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

Date

March 1, 2013

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

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

American West

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Politics (Practical)

Social reform

United States--History--1953-1961

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

2011.174.58.1a-k

Restrictions & Rights

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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

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

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 00:33:59

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

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

Place depicted

Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

March 9, 2013

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

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Children

Civil rights

Education

Families

Medicine

Segregation

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

2011.174.68.1ab

Restrictions & Rights

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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

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

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:58:48

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Africa

Date

March 2, 2013

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

Topic

African American

Activism

Africa

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

International affairs

Religion

Social reform

United States--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

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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