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Rosie Head Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Head, Rosie M., American
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964
- Child Development Group of Mississippi, American, founded 1965
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:18:59
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Tchula, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 13, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.74.1a, 2011.174.74.1b, 2011.174.74.1c, 2011.174.74.1d, 2011.174.74.1e, 2011.174.74.1f, and 2011.174.74.1g.
- Rosie Head describes her early life in Greenwood, Mississippi, where her family lived and worked on a plantation. She discusses how her parents faced racial discrimination in their work and how they were cheated by the plantation owner and then blacklisted. In 1964, Head joined the Civil Rights Movement in Tchula, Mississippi, where her family had relocated. Head recounts the various ways she was involved in the movement: registering voters, working with Freedom Summer volunteers, helping to establish the Child Development Group of Mississippi, and campaigning for black candidates for political office.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0074
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Labor
- Politics (Practical)
- Race discrimination
- 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
- 2011.174.74.1a-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
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Doris Adelaide Derby Oral History Interview
- 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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- 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
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Freeman A. Hrabowski, Ph. D. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Hrabowski, Freeman A. Ph. D., American, born 1950
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963
- 16th Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1873
- Hampton University, American, founded 1868
- Meyerhoff Scholars Program, American, founded 1988
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:17:59
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- August 14, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.32.1a, 2011.174.32.1b, 2011.174.32.1c, 2011.174.32.1d, 2011.174.32.1e, and 2011.174.32.1f.
- Freeman A. Hrabowski Ph. D. recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. He also discusses attending Hampton University and later starting the Meyerhoff Scholars Program for African American men studying math and science.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0032
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- Men
- Religion
- Science
- 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
- 2011.174.32.1a-f
- 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
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Calvin Luper Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Luper, Calvin, American, born 1946
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Luper, Clara, American, 1923 - 2011
- NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
- Dr. Atkins, Charles N., 1911 - 1988
- Porter, Edwin Melvin, American, 1930 - 2016
- Sipuel Fisher, Ada Lois, American, 1924 - 1995
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:24:04
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- May 24, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.13.1a, 2011.174.13.1b, 2011.174.13.1c, and 2011.174.13.1d.
- Calvin Luper remembers his mother, Clara Luper, and her leadership in Oklahoma City's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council. He recalls participating in sit-ins in drug stores and restaurants, and hosting a radio show with his mother. He also remembers other leaders in Oklahoma's civil rights movement, including Dr. Charles N. Atkins, E. Melvin Porter, and Ada Lois Sipuel.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0013
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Mass media
- Social reform
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Duration: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.13.1a-d
- 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
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Charles Siler Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Siler, Charles, American
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Boy Scouts of America, American, founded 1910
- Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:42:04
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Dallas, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- May 10, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.86.1a, 2011.174.86.1b, 2011.174.86.1c, and 2011.174.86.1d.
- Charles Siler remembers his early life in Louisiana, including a penchant for drawing that began before the age of two, quitting the Boy Scouts when his troop made black Scouts walk behind the horses in a local parade, and picketing Louisiana's segregated State Library as a senior in high school. He was eventually expelled from Southern University because of his activism. He joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1967, he was drafted and served in the military in the Vietnam War. He continued his civil rights advocacy as he took a variety of positions at cultural institutions and began a career as a cartoonist. The interview closes with Siler's reflections on identity and the process of learning from those who are ideologically different.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0086
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Art
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- Identity
- Military
- Social reform
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- 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
- 2011.174.86.1a-d
- 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
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Linda Fuller Degelmann Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Fuller Degelmann, Linda, American
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
- Subject of
- Koinonia Farm, American, founded 1942
- Fuller, Millard Dean, American, 1935 - 2009
- Habitat for Humanity, American, founded 1976
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:07:51
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- May 28, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.89.1a, 2011.174.89.1b, 2011.174.89.1c, 2011.174.89.1d, 2011.174.89.1e, and 2011.174.89.1f.
- Linda Fuller Degelmann discusses her experiences at Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia. She and her former husband, Millard Fuller were inspired to start Habitat for Humanity. She describes her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and her memories of racial segregation from childhood through young adulthood when she became aware of the Freedom Rides and the Civil Rights Movement. She and Millard decided to move to Koinonia Farm in 1968, where they worked on cooperative industries, helped to establish a child development center, and built homes, which provided the seeds for Habitat for Humanity. She goes on to describe the growth of Habitat for Humanity in the United States and internationally, and she explains the religious principles of the organization as well as linking it to the Civil Rights Movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0089
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Humanitarianism
- 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
- 2011.174.89.1a-f
- 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
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The Rev. Dr. Harry Blake Oral History Interview
- 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
- © 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
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Mildred Pitts Walter Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Walter, Mildred Pitts, born 1922
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
- Walter, Earl, American, died 1965
- Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:31:20
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- San Mateo, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Soviet Union, Europe
- Date
- March 1, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.59.1a, 2011.174.59.1b, 2011.174.59.1c, 2011.174.59.1d, and 2011.174.59.1e.
- Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a clerk in the LA school district while getting her teaching credentials. She also discusses her career writing over 20 books for children, her work with a national association of nurses to develop culturally sensitive training, marching in the Soviet Union for peace, her ideas about civil rights and human rights.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0059
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- Housing
- Humanitarianism
- International affairs
- Medicine
- Social reform
- United States--History--1945-1953
- United States--History--1953-1961
- 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
- 2011.174.59.1a-e
- 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
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Oliver W. Hill, Jr. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Dr. Hill, Oliver White Jr., American, born 1949
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Hill, Oliver White Sr., American, 1907 - 2007
- Howard University, American, founded 1867
- Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993
- Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
- NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
- Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
- Moses, Robert Parris, American, born 1935
- Algebra Project, American, founded 1982
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:13:30
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- August 17, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.102.1a, 2011.174.102.1b, 2011.174.102.1c, 2011.174.102.1d, and 2011.174.102.1e.
- Oliver W. Hill, Jr., Ph.D. discusses his father, civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill. He explains his father's childhood and education in Roanoke, Virginia, how he ended up at Howard University in the 1920s, where he was in the same class as Justice Thurgood Marshall and studied law under Charles Hamilton Houston. In the 1930s Oliver Hill, Sr. reunited with both of them to work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which was focused on challenging segregation laws. Hill, Jr. describes his own experience as a black student integrating a white school in Richmond, Virginia, attending Howard University, becoming a psychology professor at Virginia State University, and working with Bob Moses on the Algebra Project. He also discusses the education of African American children, school reform, and student testing.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0102
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- Law
- Political organizations
- Segregation
- Social reform
- United States--History--1919-1933
- 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
- 2011.174.102.1a-e
- 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
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Marilyn Luper Hildreth Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Hildreth, Marilyn, American, born 1947
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Luper, Clara, American, 1923 - 2011
- Created by
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:33:16
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- May 24, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of three digital files: 2011.174.12.1a, 2011.174.12.1b, and 2011.174.12.1c.
- Marilyn Hildreth describes growing up in segregated Oklahoma and the leadership of her mother, Clara Luper, in the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group. She recalls participating in a drug store sit-in as a child, and the success the group had with several restaurants in Oklahoma City. She remembers her mother's leadership in the African American community in Oklahoma, and her involvement in the 1968 sanitation workers' strike.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0012
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Labor
- 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
- 2011.174.12.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- See more items in
- 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