- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Rev. Vivian, C. T., American, 1924 - 2020
- Interviewed by
- Branch, Taylor, American, born 1947
- Subject of
- American Baptist Theological Seminary, American, founded 1924
- Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901
- Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Date
- March 29, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 4 hr., 6 min., 19 sec.
- Total: 391.9 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.6.1a, 2011.174.6.1b, 2011.174.6.1c, and 2011.174.6.1d.
- C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0006
- Place collected
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Peoria, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Baptist
- Children
- Civil rights
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Prisons
- Religion
- U.S. 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
- 2011.174.6.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.