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Program for Coon Town Suffragettes

Distributed by: United Lubin Manufacturing Company, American, 1896 - 1916
Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions: H x W: 13 15/16 × 9 7/16 in. (35.4 × 24 cm)

Type: programs

Place used: United States, North and Central America

Date: 1914

Description: A four page program for the silent short film Coon Town Suffragettes. On the first page of the program, depicted under the title and author information is a woman standing on a pedestal like box appearing to address a larger group of women. The women in the crowd are holding signs that say "Make the /men work" "Down/With/Gin" "Votes/For/Women" "No More/ Work/ For Us". Below the photo is information on the details of the photo and film, including the cast. The text reads "CAST/ Mandy Jackson -Mattie Edwards - Sam Jackson - John Edwards."; The second page of the program has more photographs under the title "Lubin Films/ The Best Man." The first photo depicts a group of people in suits with one woman in a dress all staring at a man standing in an unbuttoned vest and dark slacks. Below that is another heading that reads "That Terrible Kid." Below the heading is a second photograph of a man making a gesture as if he is going to strike the child in the photo to his right. On the third page, the heading is "The Puritan" under that heading is a photograph of a group of men all starring shockingly at a woman to the right. The woman is in a long dress with a tambourine in her left hand. The last page of the program is entitled "Above The Law/Two Reel Feature." The photograph below that depicts a man holding tightly to a woman on his left with a group of people in the background.

Topic: African American; American South; Race films; Segregation; Suffrage

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2013.118.260

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Poster for voter registration made by the NAACP

Created by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
Subject of: Wallace, George, American, 1919 - 1998; Goldwater, Barry Morris, American, 1909 - 1998; Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946

Medium: colored ink on cardboard
Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 22 in. (35.6 x 55.9 cm)

Type: political posters

Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1964

Description: An NAACP poster, black and red ink on white cardboard, advocating voter registration to: "Stop / Goldwater, Wallace, and the Klu [sic] Klux Klan / Now". Included on the poster is a list of registration locations and a notice that the poster was created by the New York branch of the NAACP Youth Council.

Topic: African American; 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: 2011.10.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

John and Jean Rosenburg Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Rosenburg, John J. D., born 1931; Rosenburg, Jean, American
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Quakers, English, founded c. 1650; National Socialist German Workers' Party; Wilmington College, American, founded 1870; United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, American, founded 1957; Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908; Duke University, American, founded 1838; United States Air Force, American, founded 1947; University of North Carolina School of Law, American, founded 1845; Doar, John Andrew, American, 1921 - 2014; Turnbow, Hartman, American, 1905 - 1988; Voting Rights Act, American, founded 1965; Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, American, founded 2002

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:36:57

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Prestonburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America; Germany, Europe; Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America; Georgia, United States, North and Central America; Alabama, United States, North and Central America; Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date: August 15, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.100.1a, 2011.174.100.1b, 2011.174.100.1c, 2011.174.100.1d, 2011.174.100.1e, 2011.174.100.1f, 2011.174.100.1g, 2011.174.100.1h, 2011.174.100.1i, and 2011.174.100.1j.; Jean and John Rosenberg, J. D. begin this interview with recollections of their families' backgrounds. Jean learned about social issues as she was raised by a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and John's family fled Germany under threat from the Nazis. Jean attended Wilmington College and became a research analyst for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. John grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where FBI agents kept tabs on his family, attended Duke University, served in the Air Force, and attended the University of North Carolina School of Law. He became an attorney with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, which became effective after reorganization by John Doar. Much of this interview concerns Jean and John's work with the Civil Rights Division, including support for voter registration efforts in Georgia and Alabama, the investigation of the Hartman Turnbow case, in which a black activist was arrested for an arson attempt on his own home, and an effort to address a murder in Mississippi. John also addresses the effects of the Voting Rights Act in the South, the role of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division in relation to the FBI and local law enforcement, and a variety of other cases and issues he dealt with. After retirement, the Rosenbergs founded the Appalachian Citizens Law Center.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0100

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Law; Military; Social reform; Suffrage; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--History--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: 2011.174.100.1a-j

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

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

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: African American; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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

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: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

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: African American; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

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: African American; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

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: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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, born 1936; Hansen, Bill, American, born 1939; Himmelbaum, Howard, American; Black United Youth, American

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:05:25

Type: video recordings; oral histories

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: African American; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

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: African American; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

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: African American; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

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: African American; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

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: African American; 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

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:32:09

Type: video recordings; oral histories

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: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; 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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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

Place collected: Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Los Angeles, 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: African American; 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

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; 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

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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

Young woman receives her voter registration card, Fayette County, TN

Created by: Dr. Withers, Ernest C., American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W: 19 9/16 × 15 15/16 in. (49.7 × 40.5 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Fayette County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1960

Description: Young woman reviewing her voter registration card held above eye level with her left hand, another woman shown in foreground with paper in her left hand

Topic: African American; Photography; Suffrage; United States--History--1953-1961

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.16.5

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Petition signed by John Cuffe and Paul Cuffe regarding taxation

Written by: Unidentified
Signed by: Cuffe, John, American, 1752 - 1836; Cuffe, Paul, American, 1759 - 1817

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 × 8 in. (21.6 × 20.3 cm)

Type: petitions

Place made: Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date: December 19, 1780

Caption: Paul Cuffe was born a free man in Massachusetts. His mother was Native American and his father was of West African Ashanti lineage. An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Cuffe gained wealth as owner of an international shipping company. Despite his success, as an African American he was viewed as a second-class citizen and denied equal rights. As a taxpayer, Paul Cuffe petitioned the Massachusetts legislature in 1780 and demanded his right to vote. Free and enslaved African Americans petitioned for freedom, equality, and justice through the courts and state legislatures. They sought to assert their rights, promote their identity as citizens of the new nation, and challenge their status as enslaved people.; Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
Description: A petition to the court of Bristol County, Massachusetts, in Taunton written by an unidentified hand and signed by John Cuffe and Paul Cuffe. The text is handwritten in black ink on the front and back sides of the same sheet of paper. The petition is in regards to taxation by the state upon the signatories, who are of Indian descent and are arguing they are therefore not subject to such taxation.

Topic: African American; Free communities of color; Government; Justice; Law; Resistance; Suffrage; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2009.26.1

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain

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Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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