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Film, VideoC. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 March 29 C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at Parchman Prison, the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for the Southern Christian...
- Contributor: Vivian, C. T. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Branch, Taylor
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoRuby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 April 25 Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to Montgomery March, registering voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, and her arrest in Hayneville, Alabama. She remembers the murder of Jonathan Daniels, a seminary student who saved her life, and discusses her opinions on African American...
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Sales, Ruby
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoDoris Adelaide Derby oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 April 26 Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She recalls her work in African art and dance, and traveling to Albany, Georgia, to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with voter registration. She remembers teaching adult literacy in Mississippi with SNCC, starting the Free Southern Theater,...
- Contributor: Derby, Doris Adelaide - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoJamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 April 27 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.
- Contributor: Jones, Jamila - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoAnnie Pearl Avery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Selma, Alabama, 2011 May 31 Annie Pearl Avery remembers her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at age sixteen. She recalls attending a SNCC meeting in Atlanta and being stranded and threatened in Marietta, Georgia, on the way home. She discusses her involvement in the Albany Movement, her many arrests for protesting, marching with William Moore, and participating in voter...
- Contributor: Avery, Annie Pearl - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoCharles F. McDew oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011 June 04 Charles McDew recalls growing up in Massillon, Ohio, his family's involvement in the steel mill unions and attending South Carolina State University. He remembers being arrested three times in two days for not obeying segregation laws in South Carolina, founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and registering voters in Mississippi.
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - McDew, Charles
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoCharles Melvin Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011 June 04 Charles Sherrod recalls how he became involved in the Albany Movement in Georgia, recruited local residents, and led marches and protests against segregation.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Sherrod, Charles
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoJoseph Echols Lowery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 June 06 Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s. He remembers joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the differences in race relations between Mobile and other southern cities, and helping to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He reflects on the effectiveness of nonviolence, the libel suit against him,...
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Lowery, Joseph E.
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoJohn Elliott Churchville oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011 July 15 John Churchville recalls growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his mother's career as a music teacher, moving to New York, and converting to Islam. He remembers joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), registering voters in Americus, Georgia, and in Mississippi. He discusses moving back to Philadelphia, converting to Christianity, and founding the Freedom Library and Black People's Unity Movement.
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Churchville, John Elliott - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoDorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Ithaca, New York, 2011 July 25 Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Daniel, and meeting her husband, George Cotton. She discusses attending the Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, working with pastor Wyatt T. Walker on organizing civil rights protests and meetings, and meeting Martin Luther...
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cotton, Dorothy F.
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoWilliam G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Detroit, Michigan, 2011 July 26 William Anderson recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy. He remembers opening his osteopath practice in Albany, Georgia, becoming a leader of the Albany Movement, and supporting protesters from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He discusses his several arrests with King and Abernathy, appearing on...
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Anderson, William G. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoShirley Miller Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011 September 15 Shirley Sherrod recalls growing up on a farm in Baker County, Georgia, her father's murder, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She remembers traveling to Washington, D. C., to protest the Justice Department, and the attacks on her husband, Reverend Charles Sherrod, a civil rights leader in Albany, Georgia. She also discusses starting the New Communities Land Trust and working for the...
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Sherrod, Shirley
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoKathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 September 16 Kathleen Cleaver recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India and the Philippines while her father worked for the foreign service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a secretary, and witnessing the dissolution of that organization. She discusses meeting her husband, Eldridge Cleaver, joining the Black Panther Party, and organizing against police brutality.
- Contributor: Cleaver, Kathleen - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoClifford Browner oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Clifford Browner discusses his childhood in Sasser, Georgia, and how he came to be involved in the Southwest Georgia Movement for civil rights in the early 1960s. He describes mass meetings at Mount Olive Baptist Church, protesting racial segregation at his high school, and participating in the March on Washington. He concludes the interview by evaluating the changes he has seen in southwest Georgia...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - Browner, Clifford
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoLucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 In this short interview, Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway describe their experiences in Terrell County, Georgia. They discuss their childhood memories of Southwest Georgia, and how they came to meet and marry. The remainder of the interview focuses on their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, the harassment they faced from white supremacists, and their role in registering black voters.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Holloway, Emma Kate - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - Holloway, Lucius
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoSam Mahone oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Sam Mahone discusses his experiences of racial segregation and discrimination in Americus, Georgia, and how he came to be involved in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). After he joined SNCC, he participated in an array of activism: picketing a segregated movie theater, registering voters, and organizing in the black community. He also discusses the arrests that he and other activists experienced due to...
- Contributor: Mahone, Sam - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoRobert McClary oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 In this short interview, Robert McClary discusses his involvement in the Southwest Georgia Project. McClary describes attending mass meetings in Worth County, Georgia, and he discusses his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Along with keeping the books, he registered voters and informed people about welfare services.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - McClary, Robert
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoJohnnie Ruth McCullar oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Johnnie Ruth Browner McCullar describes growing up in southwest Georgia, attending segregated schools in Sasser, Georgia, and her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She was a secretary of the Terrell County Movement and she also participated in sit-ins and helped to register voters. McCullar reflects on the legacy of the movement, noting the changes in social and political life that...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - McCullar, Johnnie Ruth
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoSam Young, Jr., oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Samuel J. Young, Jr., describes his childhood in Worth County, Georgia, during the 1950s. He recalls the racial violence that he witnessed and heard stories about as a child. After graduating high school he joined the Southwest Georgia Project. He helped to start a newspaper for the project and was also involved in the group's initiative to develop a self-sufficient farm to counteract discrimination...
- Contributor: Young, Sam - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Griffin, Willie James
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoGrace Miller oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Grace Hall Miller (mother of activist Shirley Sherrod) describes her childhood in Baker County, Georgia, her education in segregated schools, her marriage to Hosie Miller, and their early involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Grace Hall Miller's commitment to the Baker County Movement grew following the murder of her husband by a white neighbor in 1965. She describes how her house became headquarters for...
- Contributor: Miller, Grace H. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Griffin, Willie James
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoLouise Broadway oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Louise Willingham Broadway shares her experiences of segregated education in Baker County, Georgia, and she discusses the lessons that her parents taught her when she was a child. Broadway describes her experiences as a mother sending her daughter to an all-white school. She also describes her involvement in the Baker County Movement, especially her work for a doctor who treated Freedom Riders.
- Contributor: Broadway, Louise W. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Griffin, Willie James
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoMary Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Mary Jenkins describes Albany, Georgia, during her childhood and discusses moments when she encountered racial prejudice. She describes her education in all-black schools, her decision to attend Fisk University, and her longing to become a teacher. Around the time of Brown v. Board of Education, she began teaching in Georgia and witnessed negative reactions of white administrators to the decision. Jenkins describes her decision...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jenkins, Mary F. - Griffin, Willie James
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoMary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Mary Jones describes her childhood in Albany, Georgia, including the work she did as a child and her memories of school. Jones discusses learning about the Civil Rights Movement by reading the newspaper, and she describes her children's experiences as they entered white schools. After she joined the Albany Movement, she helped to register voters, participated in marches and boycotts, and joined the police...
- Contributor: Jones, Mary A. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Griffin, Willie James
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoRick Tuttle oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Culver City, California, 2013 April 11 Rick Tuttle describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he was recruited to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963 and went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to work on voter registration drives....
- Contributor: Tuttle, Rick - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoMartha Prescod Norman Noonan oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Cockeysville, Maryland, 2013 March 18 Martha Prescod Norman Noonan describes her childhood in Providence, Rhode Island, and being one of the few black families in the neighborhood. Her parents urged her to attend the University of Michigan, where she joined Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and learned about the Civil Rights Movement in the South. She eventually made her way to Albany, Georgia, where she worked with the...
- Contributor: Noonan, Martha P. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Dittmer, John
- Date: 2013-01-01
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