- Title:
- Mapping local knowledge : Danville, Virginia, 1945-1975
- Date of Original:
- 2009/2011
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Virginia--Danville
African American civil rights workers--Virginia--Danville
African Americans--Virginia--Danville--Interviews
Danville (Va.)--Race relations - People:
- Clark, Lawrence M., 1934-
Isley, Ruth W., 1920-2008
Williams, Robert A., 1944-
Harris, Dorothy O., 1930-
Peters, James W., 1930-
Thorpe, Avicia H., 1908-
Hughes, James Ulysses Griffin, 1948-
Archie, Ruby B., 1934-2010
Nelson, Charlie E., 1937-2009
Oliver, Charles T., 1934- - Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Danville, 36.58597, -79.39502
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
photographs
online exhibitions
instructional materials
timelines (chronologies) - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Description:
- This online exhibit examines the responses of ten Danville residents to the civil rights struggle that occurred in their hometown. Text by Emma C. Edmunds, principal researcher for the Mapping Local Knowledge, Danville, Va., 1945-75 oral history project, is accompanied by the work of Charlottesville photographer, Tom Cogill, who took portraits of individuals who shared their stories. Funding was provided by the Elizabeth Stuart James Grant Trust of Danville and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Lawrence M. Clark -- Ruth W. Isley -- Robert A. Williams -- Dorothy O. Harris -- James W. Peters, Jr. -- Avicia H. Thorpe -- James Ulysses Griffin Hughes -- Ruby B. Archie -- Charlie E. Nelson -- Charles T. Oliver - Metadata URL:
- http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/cslk/danville/index.html
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Virginia. Library
- Rights:
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