Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Cox, Courtland, American, born 1941

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

Howard University, American, founded 1867

Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964

Sixth Pan-African Congress, founded 1974

Pan-African Congress, 1919 - 1994

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:43:40

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

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

Place depicted

Trinidad and Tobago, South America

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

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa

Date

July 8, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.30.1a, 2011.174.30.1b, 2011.174.30.1c, 2011.174.30.1d, 2011.174.30.1e, 2011.174.30.1f, 2011.174.30.1g, 2011.174.30.1h, and 2011.174.30.1i.

Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merged with other groups to become the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses the March on Washington, the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, changes in SNCC, and attending the Sixth Pan-African Congress.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0030

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

2011.174.30.1a-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