Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Rosenburg, John J. D., born 1931

Rosenburg, Jean, American

Interviewed by

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

Subject of

Quakers, English, founded c. 1650

National Socialist German Workers' Party, German, 1920 - 1945

Wilmington College, American, founded 1870

United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, American, founded 1957

Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908

Duke University, American, founded 1838

United States Air Force, American, founded 1947

University of North Carolina School of Law, American, founded 1845

Doar, John Andrew, American, 1921 - 2014

Turnbow, Hartman, American, 1905 - 1988

Voting Rights Act, American, founded 1965

Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, American, founded 2002

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:36:57

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Prestonburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Germany, Europe

Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

August 15, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.100.1a, 2011.174.100.1b, 2011.174.100.1c, 2011.174.100.1d, 2011.174.100.1e, 2011.174.100.1f, 2011.174.100.1g, 2011.174.100.1h, 2011.174.100.1i, and 2011.174.100.1j.

Jean and John Rosenberg, J. D. begin this interview with recollections of their families' backgrounds. Jean learned about social issues as she was raised by a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and John's family fled Germany under threat from the Nazis. Jean attended Wilmington College and became a research analyst for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. John grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where FBI agents kept tabs on his family, attended Duke University, served in the Air Force, and attended the University of North Carolina School of Law. He became an attorney with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, which became effective after reorganization by John Doar. Much of this interview concerns Jean and John's work with the Civil Rights Division, including support for voter registration efforts in Georgia and Alabama, the investigation of the Hartman Turnbow case, in which a black activist was arrested for an arson attempt on his own home, and an effort to address a murder in Mississippi. John also addresses the effects of the Voting Rights Act in the South, the role of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division in relation to the FBI and local law enforcement, and a variety of other cases and issues he dealt with. After retirement, the Rosenbergs founded the Appalachian Citizens Law Center.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0100

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Law

Military

Social reform

Suffrage

United States--History--1961-1969

United States--History--2001-

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number

2011.174.100.1a-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

Noonan, Martha Prescod Norman, American

Interviewed by

Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939

Subject of

University of Michigan, American, founded 1817

Students for a Democratic Society, American, 1960 - 1969

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:32:37

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North and Central America

Michigan, United States, North and Central America

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

Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

March 18, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.80.1a, 2011.174.80.1b, 2011.174.80.1c, 2011.174.80.1d, 2011.174.80.1e, 2011.174.80.1f, and 2011.174.80.1g.

Martha Prescod Norman Noonan describes her childhood in Providence, Rhode Island, and being one of the few black families in the neighborhood. Her parents urged her to attend the University of Michigan, where she joined Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and learned about the Civil Rights Movement in the South. She eventually made her way to Albany, Georgia, where she worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. She also worked in the Movement in Mississippi and later in Alabama. Noonan describes the March on Washington, her perception of Mississippi Freedom Summer, and the early iterations of Black Power.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0080

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

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

2011.174.80.1a-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

Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998

Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:03:09

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

India, Asia

Philippines, Asia

Date

September 16, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.51.1a, 2011.174.51.1b, 2011.174.51.1c, 2011.174.51.1d, 2011.174.51.1e, 2011.174.51.1f, 2011.174.51.1g, 2011.174.51.1h, 2011.174.51.1i, and 2011.174.51.1j.

Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India, and the Philippines while her father worked for the Foreign Service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a secretary, and witnessing the dissolution of that organization. She discusses meeting her former husband, Eldridge Cleaver, joining the Black Panther Party, and organizing against police brutality.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp005

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Social reform

United States--History--1945-1953

United States--History--1953-1961

United States--History--1961-1969

United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number

2011.174.51.1a-j

Restrictions & Rights

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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

Ackerman, David Mercer, American, born 1942

Ackerman, Satoko Ito, Japanese American, born 1939

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Chicago Theological Seminary, American, founded 1855

Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:01:44

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Date

September 20, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.53.1a, 2011.174.53.1b, 2011.174.53.1c, 2011.174.53.1d, 2011.174.53.1e, and 2011.174.53.1f. There is also a photograph and a newspaper clipping that relate to the interview. They are 2011.174.53.3 and 2011.174.53.4.

David and Satoko Ackerman recall meeting at the Chicago Theological Seminary and remember their classmate the Reverend Jesse Jackson urging students to attend the Selma to Montgomery March. They recall traveling to Selma, participating in the march, and their later life in Silver Spring, Maryland.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0053

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

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

2011.174.53.1a-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

Williams, Junius W. J.D., American, born 1943

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Amherst College, American, founded 1821

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Long, Worth, American, born 1936

Newark Community Union Project, American, founded 1964

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 02:54:49

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

July 20, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.37.1a, 2011.174.37.1b, 2011.174.37.1c, 2011.174.37.1d, 2011.174.37.1e, 2011.174.37.1f, 2011.174.37.1g, 2011.174.37.1h, and 2011.174.37.1i.

Junius Williams, J.D. recalls growing up in Richmond, Virginia, attending Amherst College, and joining the student group Students for Racial Equality. He remembers attending the March on Washington, organizing a civil rights conference at Mount Holyoke, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses traveling with other students to the Selma to Montgomery March, being arrested at the march with Worth Long, working as a community organizer with the Newark Community Union Project, and witnessing the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0037

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

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

2011.174.37.1a-i

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture