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Film, VideoDorothy Zellner oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Baltimore, Maryland, 2015 December 08 Dorothy Zellner reflects on her experience as one of the early organizers in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Offering a unique perspective as a white woman in a black-led organization, she sheds light on the dynamics of race and gender in the Civil Rights Movement. Detailing the efforts of her and her then husband Bob Zellner, she discusses her involvement in organizing civil...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - Zellner, Dorothy - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoCarolyn Miller and James Miller oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Port Gibson, Mississippi, 2015 December 04 James and Carolyn Miller discuss their experience of living in Port Gibson, Mississippi during the Port Gibson Movement. They specifically reference the downtown merchant boycotts and how race and class tensions impacted the local community. They discuss their persistence in building interracial coalitions and emphasize the strength of local community building, political accountability and leadership for the sustainability of Port Gibson.
- Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Miller, Carolyn - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Miller, James E. - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoMaria Varela oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Pasadena, California, 2016 June 29 Activist and MacArthur fellow, Maria Varela, recalls her role in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), discussing her work in organizing adult literacy programs in Mississippi and her role as one of SNCC's only female photographers. Offering a Mexican American perspective of the Civil Rights Movement, she identifies how SNCC embraced multiculturalism, extending its activism to include the Chicano Movement. She reflects on her...
- Contributor: Varela, Maria - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
- Date: 2016-01-01
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Film, VideoDion Diamond oral history interview conducted by David Cline in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 13 Dion Diamond discusses his activism and experiences during the Civil Rights Movement. He remembers growing up in segregated Petersburg, Virginia, and attending Howard University, where he began organizing for civil rights. He also recalls his work in Mississippi and Louisiana as a Freedom Rider and activist, his studies at University of Wisconsin and Harvard University, and his later career. Finally, he speaks about contemporary...
- Contributor: Diamond, Dion T. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
- Date: 2015-01-01
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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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Film, VideoGwendolyn Zoharah Simmons oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Gainesville, Florida, 2011 September 14 Gwendolyn Simmons recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Spelman College. She remembers directing SNCC's voter registration and Freedom School, called the Freedom Summer Project in Laurel, Mississippi. She discusses learning about Black Nationalism in New York, the decision in SNCC to expel white members, and her work with the American Friends Service Committee's Program on Government Surveillance and...
- Contributor: Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoNathaniel Hawthorne Jones oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Claiborne County, Mississippi, 2015 December 03 Nathaniel Hawthorne Jones was born in Claiborne County, Mississippi in 1914. He recalls his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, specifically the Port Gibson Movement, in Mississippi. He discusses being drafted into the Navy in 1944 and the racial discrimination he experienced in his role as a Steward Mate. During the Port Gibson Movement, he was involved in the Port Gibson Merchant Boycotts, organizing...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - Jones, Nathaniel Hawthorne - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoLawrence Guyot oral history interview conducted by Julian Bond in Washington, D.C., 2010 December 30 Lawrence Guyot recalls growing up in Pass Christian, Mississippi, and the influence of his family, and attending Tougaloo College. He remembers meeting members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), joining the organization, and participating in Freedom Summer. He discusses his opinions and memories of Mississippi politics, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and his later life in Washington, D. C.
- Contributor: Bond, Julian - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Guyot, Lawrence
- Date: 2010-01-01
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Film, VideoJoan Trumpauer Mulholland oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Arlington, Virginia, 2013 March 17 Joan Trumpauer Mulholland shares how, as a child in Arlington, Virginia, her awareness of racial disparities grew. As a student at Duke University, she began participating in the sit-in movement. She soon moved to Washington, D.C. and joined the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG), which led her to participate in the Freedom Rides of 1961. She describes in detail serving time at Mississippi State Penitentiary...
- Contributor: Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Dittmer, John
- Date: 2013-01-01
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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, VideoRosie Head oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013 March 13 Rosie Head describes her early life in Greenwood, Mississippi, where her family lived and worked on a plantation. She discusses how her parents faced racial discrimination in their work and how they were cheated by the plantation owner and then blacklisted. In 1964, Head joined the Civil Rights Movement in Tchula, Mississippi, where her family had relocated. Head recounts the various ways she was...
- Contributor: Dittmer, John - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Head, Rosie M.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoFrankye Adams Johnson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Jackson, Mississippi, 2015 December 06 Frankye Adams-Johnson recalls her involvement as a Civil Rights activist in the Jackson Movement. While a student at Tougaloo College she became involved with SNCC, the Freedom Riders and the March on Washington. Placing emphasis on the themes of racial consciousness, gender and violence, she traces the evolution of her political role, concluding with her involvement in the Black Panther Party.
- Contributor: Adams-Johnson, Frankye - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoEddie Holloway oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 December 02 Eddie Holloway discusses growing up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as well as his involvement in Freedom Schools and other civil rights causes. He remembers his experiences as a child in a segregated society and school system, attending University of Southern Mississippi during its transition from a segregated to an integrated school, and his observations of the current educational environment as Dean of Students at USM.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - Holloway, Eddie A. - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoAmos C. Brown oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in San Francisco, California, 2013 March 02 Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi and meeting Medgar Evers, who quickly became his mentor. Brown was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a teenager, leading the Jackson chapter and then the whole state Youth Council and traveling with Mr. Evers across the country to attend a national conference. He was asked...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Brown, Amos C. (Amos Cleophilus) - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoJulia Matilda Burns oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013 March 13 Julia Matilda Burns describes her experience in segregated schools in Humphreys County, Mississippi, where she grew up. After becoming a teacher at Marshall High School in Belzoni, Mississippi, she began to take notice of the Civil Rights Movement, but her involvement was limited because she did not want to lose her job. Burns describes protests by whites against school desegregation in Tchula, Mississippi, and...
- Contributor: Burns, Julia Matilda - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Dittmer, John
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoGlenda Funchess oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 December 02 Glenda Funchess speaks about her childhood in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She remembers her experiences as one of the first children to desegregate Hattiesburg schools, as well as her involvement in Freedom Summer and at the Mount Zion Church Freedom School. She also discusses the relationship between churches and the Civil Rights Movement, and current civil rights activism and historical preservation.
- Contributor: Funchess, Glenda - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoBetty Garman Robinson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Baltimore, Maryland, 2015 December 08 Betty Garman Robinson shares her experience in the Civil Rights Movement. She discusses her early involvement with the National Student Association (NSA) and the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), before joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963. Of her many roles, she recalls serving as a Northern Coordinator in Greenwood, Mississippi during Freedom Summer 1964 and her later efforts that focused...
- Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Robinson, Betty Garman - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoMyrtle Gonza Glascoe oral history interview conducted by Dwandalyn Reece in Capitol Heights, Maryland, 2010 November 17 Myrtle Gonza Glascoe recalls growing up in Washington, D.C., attending Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania, and her early career in education and social work. She remembers joining the Baltimore Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), moving to California, and her work as a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field Secretary in West Point, Mississippi and Phillips County, Arkansas, where she worked closely with...
- Contributor: Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza - Reece, Dwandalyn R. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2010-01-01
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Film, VideoRaylawni G. Branch and Jeanette Smith oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 December 01 Raylawni G. Branch and Jeanette Smith discuss their involvement in the Hattiesburg, Mississippi-based Civil Rights Movement. They remember their upbringings as mixed race children, Smith in Mississippi and Branch in Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois. Branch recalls entering as one of the first black students at the University of Southern Mississippi. Both speak about their activism for voting rights and education, as well as sharing...
- Contributor: Branch, Raylawni G. - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Smith, Jeanette - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoWalter Tillow oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Louisville, Kentucky, 2013 June 21 Walter Tillow discusses how he joined the Civil Rights Movement as a college student and how that led him into labor and leftist movements. He describes his childhood in New York City and the leftist politics of his parents, as well as how he learned about the Movement as a college student at Harpur College and as a graduate student at Cornell University. In...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Tillow, Walter M.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoLuis Zapata oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Silver Spring, Maryland, 2013 June 27 Luis Zapata describes his childhood in Orange County, California, and how he came to join the labor movement as a college student at San Jose State University. He discusses the organizing work he did with the United Farm Workers and how he ended up moving to Cleveland, Mississippi, for four years where he organized for the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union and helped to register...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Zapata, Luis - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoFreddie Greene Biddle oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 10 Freddie Greene was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on February 15, 1945. She discusses how living in a segregated community exposed her to the early efforts of the Civil Rights Movement. She reflects on her decision to leave Greenwood and attend Dillard University in New Orleans in 1962. Feeling disconnected with the movement, she became a participant in the McComb project during Freedom Summer 1964....
- Contributor: Greene, Freddie - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoLeesco Guster oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Port Gibson, Mississippi, 2015 December 03 Leesco Guster remembers experiencing segregation growing up and working in Port Gibson, Mississippi, and Chicago, Illinois. She recalls her work as an activist in Port Gibson, where she canvassed for voting rights, boycotted segregated businesses, and joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She also discusses churches' role in the Civil Rights Movement and her participation in the trial NAACP...
- Contributor: Guster, Leesco - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoJuadine Henderson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 03 Juadine Henderson recalls her initial interaction with Frank Smith, a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963, and his influence on her decision to attend a voter registration workshop in Greenswood, Mississippi. She discusses how exposure to the movement was instrumental to her later decisions to become involved with the Freedom Labor Union, work on voter registration projects on plantations throughout...
- Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Henderson, Juadine - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoPeggy Jean Connor oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 November 30 Peggy Jean Connor discusses her role in the Civil Rights Movement in southern Mississippi. She focuses particularly on voter registration, Freedom Day, being a Democratic National Convention delegate, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), her arrest, organizing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), and the "Connor vs. Johnson" lawsuit.
- Contributor: Connor, Peggy Jean - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01