Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Dr. Derby, Doris, American

Interviewed by

Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.

Subject of

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909

NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936

Hunter College, American, founded 1870

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s

Free Southern Theater, American, 1963 - 1980

Head Start Program, American, founded 1965

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 01:51:05

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

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

Place depicted

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

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

Date

April 26, 2011

Description

The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.8.1a, 2011.174.8.1b, 2011.174.8.1c, 2011.174.8.1d, 2011.174.8.1e, 2011.174.8.1f, 2011.174.8.1g, and 2011.174.8.1h.

Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She talks about going to an Episcopal church. She recalls her work in African art and dance, and traveling to Albany, Georgia, to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with voter registration. She remembers teaching adult literacy in Mississippi with SNCC, starting the Free Southern Theater, and working for Head Start.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0008

Topic

African American

American South

Art

Associations and institutions

Children

Civil rights

Dance

Education

Religion

Social reform

Suffrage

Theatre

United States--History--1961-1969

Urban life

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

2011.174.8.1a-h

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

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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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture