- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Dorie Ann Ladner and Joyce Ladner oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011-09-20
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mosnier, Joseph
Ladner, Dorie
Ladner, Joyce A. - Date of Original:
- 2011-09-20
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Interviews
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Tougaloo College
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Youth Council - People:
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Kennard, Clyde
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf
application/x-video
image/jpeg - Description:
- Doris and Joyce Ladner discuss organizing for the March on Washington with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Dorie Ladner recalls her work with SNCC in Natchez, Mississippi, and the murder and trial of Medgar Evers. They both remember growing up in Palmers Crossing, Mississippi, their family history, joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth chapter led by Clyde Kennard, and the impact that Emmett Till's murder had on their generation. Doris also recalls attending Tougaloo College, staying at the Freedom House in Jackson, Mississippi, and organizing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0054/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 7 video files of 7 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (121 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (73 pages)
- Original Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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