Items and Collections

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

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