- Collection:
- Anne Braden Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Constance Curry, August 8, 1997
- Creator:
- Curry, Constance, 1933-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Fosl, Catherine
- Date of Original:
- 1997-08-08
- Subject:
- Women civil rights workers--Interviews
United States National Student Association
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights workers
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Students--Political activity--Southern States
Congresses and conventions--North Carolina--Raleigh
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Southern Regional Council
Field Foundation (New York, N.Y.)
Cold War--Influence
Class consciousness--Southern States
American Friends Service Committee
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Communists--United States
Southern Conference Educational Fund
African American civil rights workers--United States - People:
- Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Curry, Constance, 1933- --Interviews
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
King, Lonnie C., 1936-
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969
Campbell, Will D.
Clement, Rufus E., 1900-1967
Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970
Grant, Joanne
Moses, Robert Parris
Harding, Vincent
Stembridge, Jane
Forman, James, 1928-2005
Vivian, C. T. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
United States, North Carolina, Wake County, Raleigh, 35.7721, -78.63861
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Interview with Constance Curry, August 8, 1997 conducted by Catherine Fosl.
Constance Curry is a writer and activist and was the first white woman to be appointed to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) executive board. In this interview, Curry discusses being hired by the National Student Association (NSA) in 1959 to run interracial seminars for students in the South. She speaks about her impressions of Anne Braden, meeting her at the founding conference of SNCC in 1960, and Anne's involvement and impact on SNCC. - Metadata URL:
- https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt73bk16mn61
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.
- Extent:
- 1 interview : [00:37:33]
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky
- Rights:
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