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
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1 hr., 3 min., 21 sec.
- Total: 64.19 GB
- 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
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Art
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Race discrimination
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- 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
- 2011.174.63.1a
- 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.