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  • Walter Tillow Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Tillow, Walter, American, born 1940
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    Harpur College, American, founded 1946
    Cornell University, American, founded 1865
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
    United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, American, founded 1936
    Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 1:48:09
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Place collected
    Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Fayette County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    June 21, 2013
    Description
    The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.92.1a, 2011.174.92.1b, 2011.174.92.1c, 2011.174.92.1d, 2011.174.92.1e, 2011.174.92.1f, and 2011.174.92.1g.
    Walter Tillow discusses how he joined the Civil Rights Movement as a college student and how that led him into labor and leftist movements. He describes his childhood in New York City and the leftist politics of his parents, as well as how he learned about the Movement as a college student at Harpur College and as a graduate student at Cornell University. In 1963, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and moved to Fayette County, Georgia where he worked on voter registration drives. He later worked in the SNCC communication office in Atlanta. He describes in detail the movement for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1965, he left the Movement to work for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and he later worked for the Communist Party.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0092
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Labor
    Political organizations
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    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
    2011.174.92.1a-g
    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
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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