- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Jamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-27
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mosnier, Joseph
Jones, Jamila, 1944-
Bishop, John Melville (Videographer) - Date of Original:
- 2011-04-27
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Freedom Rides, 1961
We shall overcome
African American singers--Interviews
Civil rights movements--United States--Songs and music
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Harambee Singers
Montgomery Gospel Trio - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- 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 - Description:
- Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement. She recalls helping the Freedom Riders, visiting the Highlander Folk Center, writing a new verse of the song "We Shall Overcome," and founding the Harambee Singers.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0009/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video files of 4 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (49 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (23 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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