Euvester Simpson Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Simpson, Euvester, American, born 1946
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, American, 1917 - 1977
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:34:46
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Itta Bena, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Racine, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
- Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 12, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.72.1a, 2011.174.72.1b, 2011.174.72.1c, 2011.174.72.1d, 2011.174.72.1e, 2011.174.72.1f, and 2011.174.72.1g.
- Euvester Simpson discusses her childhood in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and she describes her parents' decision to send her to Racine, Wisconsin, to attend high school because they were fed up with segregated public schools in Mississippi. For her last year of high school, Simpson returned to Mississippi, and she became active in the Civil Rights Movement. She describes attending a citizenship school in Charleston, South Carolina, going to mass meetings, and being arrested with a group of women, including Fannie Lou Hamer. She also discusses her involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Council of Federated Organizations, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Simpson ends the interview by discussing the legacy of the movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0072
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Social reform
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Women
- 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
- 2011.174.72.1a-g
- 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
- Simpson, Euvester, American, born 1946
- Interviewed by
- Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, American, 1917 - 1977
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:34:46
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Itta Bena, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Racine, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
- Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- March 12, 2013
- Description
- The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.72.1a, 2011.174.72.1b, 2011.174.72.1c, 2011.174.72.1d, 2011.174.72.1e, 2011.174.72.1f, and 2011.174.72.1g.
- Euvester Simpson discusses her childhood in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and she describes her parents' decision to send her to Racine, Wisconsin, to attend high school because they were fed up with segregated public schools in Mississippi. For her last year of high school, Simpson returned to Mississippi, and she became active in the Civil Rights Movement. She describes attending a citizenship school in Charleston, South Carolina, going to mass meetings, and being arrested with a group of women, including Fannie Lou Hamer. She also discusses her involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Council of Federated Organizations, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Simpson ends the interview by discussing the legacy of the movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0072
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Social reform
- United States--History--1961-1969
- Women
- 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
- 2011.174.72.1a-g
- 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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