Subject of

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Carlos, John Wesley Ph. D., American, born 1945

Interviewed by

Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969

Subject of

Garvey, Marcus, Jamaican, 1887 - 1940

X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965

Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

East Texas State University, American, founded 1889

Smith, Tommie, American, born 1944

Created by

Olympic Project for Human Rights, American, 1967 - 1968

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:06:42

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America

Date

August 18, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.103.1a, 2011.174.103.1b, 2011.174.103.1c, 2011.174.103.1d, 2011.174.103.1e, 2011.174.103.1f, 2011.174.103.1g, 2011.174.103.1h, 2011.174.103.1i.

John Carlos, Ph. D. discusses his childhood in Harlem, New York, the changes that he saw in Harlem with the widespread use of heroin and the splintering of families, and describes the disparities in education for black children when he was growing up. He remembers the influence of black leaders including Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Carlos was recruited to run track at East Texas State University, where he experienced racial discrimination and was treated poorly by his coach. He explains his protest at the 1968 Olympics, including the symbols that he and Tommie Smith employed to protest racial discrimination, and he describes the emotional impact that the protest had on him.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0103

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Athletes

Children

Civil rights

Education

Families

Olympics

Race discrimination

Race relations

Social reform

Track and field

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

2011.174.103.1a-i

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

Reverend Doctor Blake, Harry, American, born 1934

Interviewed by

Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969

Subject of

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957

Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Bishop College, American, 1881 - 1988

Mount Canaan Baptist Church, American, founded 1894

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:10:22

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date

October 3, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.107.1a, 2011.174.107.1b, 2011.174.107.1c, and 2011.174.107.1d.

The Reverend Doctor Harry Blake discusses his childhood on a plantation in Louisiana in the 1930s and 1940s and how he became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Shreveport, Louisiana. Blake joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1960 after he heard Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., give a speech at Bishop College in Texas, where he was a student. Blake discusses his pastorate at Mount Canaan Baptist Church in Shreveport, how he came to develop a good relationship with local politicians, and the work he continues to do within the context of the civil rights struggle.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0107

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Children

Civil rights

Education

Politics (Practical)

Religion

Social reform

United States--History--1933-1945

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

2011.174.107.1a-d

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

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

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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. McKinney, Samuel Berry, American, born 1926

Interviewed by

Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969

Subject of

Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

United States Army Air Corps, American, 1926 - 1941

Morehouse College, American, founded 1867

Liberty Bank, American, 1968 - 1988

Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), American, founded 1963

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:48:53

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

Date

April 17, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.85.1a, 2011.174.85.1b, 2011.174.85.1c, 2011.174.85.1d, 2011.174.85.1e, 2011.174.85.1f, and 2011.174.85.1g.

The Reverend Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, and attending Morehouse College, where he got to know fellow freshman Martin Luther King, Jr. After service in the Army Flight Corps during World War II and finishing his college education, McKinney became a minister at a church in Seattle, Washington, where he contributed to the creation of the Liberty Bank. He discusses his role in founding the Central Area Civil Rights Committee in Seattle.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0085

Topic

African American

Activism

American West

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Military

Religion

Social reform

United States--History--1953-1961

United States--History--1961-1969

World War II

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

2011.174.85.1a-g

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

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

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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

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

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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