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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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