Civil Rights History Project
Oral history interviews with civil rights activists conducted as part of the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009.
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Date of Original
1940/1969
Subject
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights workers--United States
African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Civil rights
Racism--United States
Race relations
United States--Race relations
Segregation--United States
African Americans--Segregation
Segregation in education--United States
Segregation in transportation--Southern States
School integration--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Voter registration--United States
African Americans--Violence against--United States
Labor movement--United States
Nonviolence--United States
United States--Religion
Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
Medium
oral histories (literary works)
interviews
Type
MovingImage
Description
The Civil Rights History Project collection contains oral history interviews with civil rights activists conducted as part of the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009. The interviewees for this project were active in national civil rights organizations and specialized local groups, and represent a wide range of occupations. The video recordings of their recollections cover a wide variety of topics within the civil rights movement, such as the influence of the labor movement, nonviolence and self-defense, religious faith, music, and the experiences of young activists. Actions and events discussed in the interviews include the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963), the Albany Movement (1961), the Freedom Rides (1961), the Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965), the Orangeburg Massacre (1968), sit-ins, voter registration drives in the South, and the murder of fourteen year old Emmett Till in 1955.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Library of Congress
American Folklife Center
National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
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4. Amos C. Brown oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in San Francisco, California, 2013-03-02
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6. Audrey Nell Hamilton and JoeAnn Anderson Ulmer oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011-09-13
7. Barbara Edna Vickers oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011 September 13
8. Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los Angeles, California, 2013-04-11
9. Betty Garman Robinson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Baltimore, Maryland, 2015 December 08
10. Bill Russell oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Seattle, Washington, 2013-05-12
11. Calvin Luper oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2011-05-24
12. Candie Carawan and Guy Hughes Carawan oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New Market, Tennessee, 2011-09-19
13. Carlos Montes oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Alhambra, California, 2016 June 27
14. Carolyn Miller and James Miller oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Port Gibson, Mississippi, 2015 December 04
15. Carrie Lamar Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Little Rock, Arkansas, 2011 September 26
16. Cecilia Suyat Marshall oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, D.C., 2013-06-30
17. Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Orangeburg, South Carolina, 2011-06-09
18. Charles F. McDew oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011-06-04
19. Charles McLaurin oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Indianola, Mississippi, 2015 December 05
20. Charles Melvin Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011-06-04
21. Charles Siler oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Dallas, Texas, 2013 May 10
22. Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Palo Alto, California, 2013-04-15
23. Clarence Magee oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 December 01
24. Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Denmark, South Carolina, 2013 March 21
25. Clifford Browner oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09
26. Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011-07-08.
27. C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 March 29
28. Cynthia Baker Anderson and Fletcher Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011-05-27
29. D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Memphis, Tennessee, 2013 August 13
30. David Mercer Ackerman and Satoko Ito Ackerman oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011-09-20
31. Dion Diamond oral history interview conducted by David Cline in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 13
32. Dorie Ann Ladner and Joyce Ladner oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011-09-20
33. Doris Adelaide Derby oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-26
34. Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Ithaca, New York, 2011-07-25
35. Dorothy Zellner oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Baltimore, Maryland, 2015 December 08
36. Eddie Holloway oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 December 02
37. Ekwueme Michael Thelwell oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Pelham, Massachusetts, 2013-08-23
38. Elbert "Big Man" Howard oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Santa Rosa, California, 2016 June 30
39. Ellie Dahmer oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 November 30
40. Elmer Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seattle, Washington, 2013-02-28
41. E. Maynard Moore oral history interview conducted by David. P. Cline in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 14
42. Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Grahamsville, New York, 2011 July 21
43. Ericka C. Huggins oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Oakland, California, 2016 June 30
44. Ernest Adolphus Finney oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, 2011-06-08
45. Esther M. A. Terry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Greensboro, North Carolina, 2011-07-06
46. Euvester Simpson oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Jackson, Mississippi, 2013-03-12
47. Evans Derrell Hopkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Richmond, Virginia, 2011-07-07
48. Frankye Adams Johnson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Jackson, Mississippi, 2015 December 06
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