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
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 28 min., 17 sec.
- Total: 28.32 GB
- 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
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Worth 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
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- 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
- 2011.174.64.1ab
- 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.