Created by
Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of
Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer, American, born 1941
Interviewed by
Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939
Subject of
Duke University, American, founded 1838
Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s
Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901
Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
Date
March 17, 2013
Medium
digital
Dimensions
Duration: 2 hr., 6 min., 4 sec.
Total: 213.55 GB
Description
The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.79.1a, 2011.174.79.1b, 2011.174.79.1c, 2011.174.79.1d, 2011.174.79.1e, 2011.174.79.1f, 2011.174.79.1g, and 2011.174.79.1h.
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland shares how, as a child in Arlington, Virginia, her awareness of racial disparities grew. As a student at Duke University, she began participating in the sit-in movement. She soon moved to Washington, D.C. and joined the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG), which led her to participate in the Freedom Rides of 1961. She describes in detail serving time at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm) with other civil rights activists. Mulholland also discusses attending Tougaloo College and her involvement in the Jackson sit-in movement.
LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0079
Place collected
Arlington, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Mississippi, 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
Civil rights
Education
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Prisons
Race relations
Resistance
Social reform
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
2011.174.79.1a-h
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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd599175bd9-b989-4b68-9847-568359b6cc13

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