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Annie Pearl Avery Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Avery, Anne Pearl, American, born 1943
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Albany Movement, American, 1961 - 1962
- Moore, William Lewis, American, 1927 - 1963
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:31:05
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- May 31, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.19.1a, 2011.174.19.1b, 2011.174.19.1c, 2011.174.19.1d, 2011.174.19.1e, 2011.174.19.1f, and 2011.174.19.1g.
- Annie Pearl Avery remembers her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at age sixteen. She recalls attending a SNCC meeting in Atlanta and being stranded and threatened in Marietta, Georgia, on the way home. She discusses her involvement in the Albany Movement, her many arrests for protesting, marching with William Moore, and participating in voter registration drives in many locations across the South.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0019
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Law
- Politics (Practical)
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- 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
- 2011.174.19.1a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Gwendolyn M. Patton Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Patton, Gwendolyn M., American, born 1943
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, American, founded 1877
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:51:26
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Lowndes County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- June 1, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.20.1a, 2011.174.20.1b, 2011.174.20.1c, 2011.174.20.1d, 2011.174.20.1e, 2011.174.20.1f, 2011.174.20.1g, and 2011.174.20.1h.
- Gwendolyn Patton discusses attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she became involved in many civil rights organizations and was elected student body president. She recalls hosting the Freedom Riders in 1961, and spending a year in a segregated sanitarium when she had tuberculosis. She recounts organizing Tuskegee students for the Selma to Montgomery March, occupying the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and registering voters in Lowndes County.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0020
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Medicine
- Politics (Practical)
- 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
- 2011.174.20.1a-h
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Charles F. McDew Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- McDew, Charles F., American, born 1938
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:21:53
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- June 4, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.21.1a, 2011.174.21.1b, 2011.174.21.1c, 2011.174.21.1d, and 2011.174.21.1e.
- Charles McDew recalls growing up in Massillon, Ohio, his family's involvement in the steel mill unions and attending South Carolina State University. He remembers being arrested three times in two days for not obeying segregation laws in South Carolina, founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and registering voters in Mississippi.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0021
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Civil rights
- Labor
- Law
- Politics (Practical)
- Segregation
- 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
- 2011.174.21.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Gloria Hayes Richardson Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Richardson, Gloria St. Clair Hayes, American, born 1922
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, American, founded 1962
- Frazier, E. Franklin, American, 1894 - 1962
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
- X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:32:37
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- July 19, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.35.1a, 2011.174.35.1b, 2011.174.35.1c, 2011.174.35.1d, and 2011.174.35.1e.
- Gloria Richardson recalls growing up in Cambridge, Maryland, attending Howard University, and joining Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with her daughter, Donna, after returning to Cambridge and running her father's drug store. She recalls traveling to the South with her family to assist SNCC with voter registration, organizing the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, assisting E. Franklin Frazier with research on African Americans, and marching in a protest where the police used cyanogen gas. She also discusses attending the March on Washington, her involvement with the Nation of Islam, and meeting Malcolm X.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0035
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Labor
- Religion
- Resistance
- 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
- 2011.174.35.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Ph.D. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah Ph.D., American, born 1944
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Spelman College, American, founded 1881
- Mississippi Freedom Schools, American, founded 1964
- Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964
- American Friends Service Committee, American, founded 1917
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908
- COINTELPRO, American, 1956 - 1971
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:37:29
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- September 14, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.49.1a, 2011.174.49.1b, 2011.174.49.1c, 2011.174.49.1d, and 2011.174.49.1e.
- Gwendolyn Simmons, Ph.D. recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Spelman College. She remembers directing SNCC's voter registration and Freedom School, called the Freedom Summer Project in Laurel, Mississippi. She discusses learning about Black Nationalism in New York, the decision in SNCC to expel white members, and her work with the American Friends Service Committee's Program on Government Surveillance and Citizens' Rights to interview members of organizations investigated by the FBI's Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO).
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0049
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Race relations
- 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
- 2011.174.49.1a-e
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Carrie M. Young Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Young, Carrie M., American, born 1948
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Gonza Glascoe, Myrtle, American, 1936 - 2019
- Hansen, Bill, American, born 1939
- Himmelbaum, Howard, American
- Black United Youth, American
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:05:25
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- September 26, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.56.1a, 2011.174.56.1b, 2011.174.56.1c, 2011.174.56.1d, 2011.174.56.1e, 2011.174.56.1f, 2011.174.56.1g, 2011.174.56.1h, and 2011.174.56.1i.
- Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including Myrtle Glascoe, Bill Hansen, and Howard Himmelbaum. She remembers registering voters, gathering signatures to overturn a poll tax, and protesting at the Arkansas state capitol. She discusses her marriage to Howard Himmelbaum, suing her employer for discrimination, and working with the group Black United Youth in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0056
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Labor
- Politics (Practical)
- Race discrimination
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Youth
- 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
- 2011.174.56.1a-i
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Lucius Holloway, Sr. and Emma Kate Holloway Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Holloway, Lucius Sr., American, born 1932
- Holloway, Emma Kate, American
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:30:35
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Terrell County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.17462.1a and 2011.174.62.1b.
- In this short interview, Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway describe their experiences in Terrell County, Georgia. They discuss their childhood memories of Southwest Georgia, and how they came to meet and marry. The remainder of the interview focuses on their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, the harassment they faced from white supremacists, and their role in registering black voters.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0062
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Civil rights
- Families
- Race discrimination
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- United States--History--1961-1969
- White supremacy movements
- 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
- 2011.174.62.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Sam Mahone Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Mahone, Sam, American, born 1945
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Americus Four, American
- Leesburg Stockade, American, 1960s
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:03:21
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of one digital file: 2011.174.63.1a.
- Sam Mahone discusses his experiences of racial segregation and discrimination in Americus, Georgia, and how he came to be involved in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). After he joined SNCC, he participated in an array of activism: picketing a segregated movie theater, registering voters, and organizing in the black community. He also discusses the arrests that he and other activists experienced due to their activism, including the Americus Four case and the Leesburg Stockade. He concludes the interview by discussing his current involvement in showcasing African American art.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0063
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Art
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Race discrimination
- Resistance
- Segregation
- 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
- 2011.174.63.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Robert McClary Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- McClary, Robert, American, born 1938
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
- Subject of
- Southwest Georgia Project for For Community Education, Inc., American
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 00:28:17
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Worth County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.64.1a and 2011.174.64.1b.
- In this short interview, Robert McClary discusses his involvement in the Southwest Georgia Project. McClary describes attending mass meetings in Worth County, Georgia, and he discusses his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) which consisted of keeping the books, registering voters and informing people about welfare services.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0064
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- 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
- 2011.174.64.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Johnnie Ruth McCullar Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- McCullar, Johnnie Ruth, American, born 1940
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:02:17
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Sasser, Terrell County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.65.1a and 2011.174.65.1b.
- Johnnie Ruth Browner McCullar describes growing up in southwest Georgia, attending segregated schools in Sasser, Georgia, and her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She was a secretary of the Terrell County Movement and she also participated in sit-ins and helped to register voters. McCullar reflects on the legacy of the movement, noting the changes in social and political life that she has witnessed during her life, but also recognizing present-day challenges.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0065
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Civil rights
- Education
- Segregation
- 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
- 2011.174.65.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Ruby Nell Sales Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Nell Sales, Ruby, American, born 1948
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Daniels, Jonathan Myrick, American, 1939 - 1965
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:32:09
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- April 25, 2011
- Description
- The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.7.1a, 2011.174.7.1b, 2011.174.7.1c, 2011.174.7.1d, 2011.174.7.1e, 2011.174.7.1f, 2011.174.7.1g, 2011.174.7.1h, 2011.174.7.1i, and 2011.174.7.1j.
- Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. Her father was a Baptist minister and grew up in a racist and segregated society. Her grandmother was either born into slavery or right after it, and learned to read and write. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to Montgomery March, registering voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, and her arrest in Hayneville, Alabama. She remembers the murder of Jonathan Daniels, a seminary student who saved her life, and discusses her opinions on African American history and the current rate of African Americans in prison.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0007
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Justice
- Military
- Politics (Practical)
- Prisons
- Religion
- Segregation
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Tuskegee Airmen
- 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
- 2011.174.7.1a-j
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Tuttle, Rick Ph. D., American, born 1940
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
- Wesleyan University, American, founded 1831
- University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
- Chatham County Crusade for Voters, American, c. 1960
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:04:49
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- April 11, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.78.1a, 2011.174.78.1b, 2011.174.78.1c, 2011.174.78.1d, 2011.174.78.1e, and 2011.174.78.1f.
- Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he was recruited to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963 and went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to work on voter registration drives. He also briefly spied on white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan meetings. After being driven out of Mississippi by threats, he joined the Chatham County Crusade for Voters in Savannah, Georgia. Tuttle describes being arrested in Savannah for disturbing the peace and the subsequent trial. Tuttle discusses the work he did after leaving the Movement: as the comptroller in Los Angeles he helped to bring an end to segregation at private clubs and participated in the anti-apartheid movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0078
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- United States--History--1961-1969
- White supremacy movements
- 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
- 2011.174.78.1a-f
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- 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
- 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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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
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- 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
- 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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The Hononrable Lisa Anderson Todd Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Honorable Todd, Lisa Anderson, American, 1942 - 2015
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- 1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964
- Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
- American Friends Service Committee, American, founded 1917
- Cornell University, American, founded 1865
- Stanford Law School, American, founded 1893
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 02:49:03
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Greensboro, Guildford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- June 24, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.93.1a, 2011.174.93.1b, 2011.174.93.1c, 2011.174.93.1d, 2011.174.93.1e, 2011.174.93.1f, 2011.174.93.1g, and 2011.174.93.1h.
- The Hon. Lisa Anderson Todd shares memories from when she was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteer in Mississippi in 1963 and her recollections of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Todd describes how she was introduced to the Movement during her participation in a work camp at Tougaloo College and how she went on to do voter registration work, first with the American Friends Service Committee in Greensboro, North Carolina, and then with SNCC in Greenville, Mississippi. Todd shares her memories as well as her book research on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She also describes her college years at Cornell University; her decision to attend law school at Stanford; her interest in civil rights law; and her work as a lawyer and later as an administrative judge.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0093
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Law
- 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
- 2011.174.93.1a-h
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Voter Registration at a Kitchen Table, Mississippi
- Created by
- Moore, Charles, American, 1931 - 2010
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (21.6 x 32.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Place depicted
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1963-1964; printed 2008
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of the interior of a house. There are two African American women at a kitchen table. One woman is sitting while the other is leaning over to read something on the table. There is a thin table cloth on the table along with some books and bowls. There is a refrigerator and a cupboard visible behind the women as well as an open door leading into another room. There is sunlight streaming into the room from a window to the left of the women. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
- Topic
- Domestic life
- Photography
- Politics (Practical)
- Suffrage
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.49.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Charles Moore
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Voter Registration at a Beauty Shop, Mississippi
- Created by
- Moore, Charles, American, 1931 - 2010
- Subject of
- Piggy, Vera, American
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (21.6 x 32.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Place depicted
- Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1963-1964; printed 2008
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph from the view of a mirror reflection. In the reflection there is an African American woman working on the hair of another woman who is sitting in a chair. There is a third woman seated in a chair closer to the mirror with her head turned to face the other women. There are three images of Caucasian women sitting above the frame of the mirror. There is a counter top with pitchers sitting on it below the mirror. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
- Topic
- Photography
- Suffrage
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.49.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Charles Moore
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Poster for voting rights featuring Muhammad Ali
- Created by
- Voter Education Project, American, 1962 - 1968
- Subject of
- Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
- Medium
- printing ink and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (57.8 × 39.4 cm)
- Type
- political posters
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
- Place used
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1960s
- Description
- This poster features a prominent photographed of Muhammad Ali at its center. Above and below the portrait are three lines of very large lettering which read: [IT'S YOUR FIRGHT / VOTE / IT'S THE GREATEST EQUALIZER]. Beneath the third line of text are two lines of hand written lettering in capitalized green letters which read: [Hampton Voter Registration / Place: Mercury Mall Date: Sept. 25 12:00-5:00 pm]. Beneath the hand written text is a smaller line of printed black text which reads: [The Voter Education Project, 52 Fairlie St. N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 522-7495]. The poster is creased in a regular pattern that suggests it was once stored in a rolled position; the top third section of the poster's verso is browned darker than the bottom two-thirds.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Cabinet card portrait of Thomas Mundy Peterson
- Photograph by
- Tobias, William R., American, 1849 - 1920
- Subject of
- Peterson, Thomas, American, 1824 - 1904
- Medium
- collodion and silver on printing-out paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- collodion prints
- portraits
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Place made
- Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1884
- Caption
- On March 31, 1870, one day after the ratification of the 15th Amendment, which allowed him the right to vote, Thomas Peterson became the first African American to cast a ballot in a U.S. election under the provisions of the 15th Amendment. The citizens of Perth Amboy, N.J. were voting to settle a disagreement over whether to revise the town charter or abandon it in favor of a township form of government.
- Description
- A cabinet card of Thomas Peterson. Peterson is looking at the camera and wearing a three-piece suit with a medal attached to the left side of the vest. The medal was presented to Peterson in 1884 by the residents of Perth Amboy, N.J. in recognition of his status as the first African American voter in the United States under the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment. The albumen print is attached to a stiff card backer with wear showing around the edges. There is a printed label on the verso that reads, "Inscription on the Medal. Presented by citizens of Perch Amboy, N.J., to Thomas Peterson, the first colored voter in the United States under the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment, at an election held in that city March 31st, 1870." The cabinet card was printed as a memento for the medal presentation ceremony.
- Topic
- Emancipation
- Men
- Photography
- Politics (Practical)
- Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)
- Suffrage
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.190
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
Pamphlet for Lowndes County Freedom Organization
- Published by
- Southern Conference Educational Fund, American, 1946 - 1981
- Created by
- Minnis, Jack H., American, 1931 - 2005
- Subject of
- Lowndes County Freedom Organization, American, founded 1965
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 15/16 × 8 9/16 in. (27.8 × 21.7 cm)
- Type
- pamphlets
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Place printed
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1967
- Description
- This pamphlet depicts a black panther in a stalking pose. Centered on the page, it is surrounded by text that reads "VOTE / NOV 8 / LOWNDES COUNTY / FREEDOM / ORGANIZATION / The Story of the Development of an / Independent Political Movement / on the County Level/ 50 ¢."
- Topic
- Activism
- Black power
- Political organizations
- Politics (Practical)
- Suffrage
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible