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Film, VideoDavid Mercer Ackerman and Satoko Ito Ackerman oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011 September 20 David and Satoko Ackerman recall meeting at the Chicago Theological Seminary and remember their classmate Jesse Jackson urging students to attend the Selma to Montgomery March. They recall traveling to Selma, participating in the march, and their later life in Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Contributor: Ackerman, Satoko Ito - Ackerman, David M. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoDorie Ann Ladner and Joyce Ladner oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011 September 20 Doris and Joyce Ladner discuss organizing for the March on Washington with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Dorie Ladner recalls her work with SNCC in Natchez, Mississippi, and the murder and trial of Medgar Evers. They both remember growing up in Palmers Crossing, Mississippi, their family history, joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth chapter led by Clyde...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Ladner, Dorie - Mosnier, Joseph - Ladner, Joyce A.
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoSimeon Booker and Moses James Newson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011 July 13 Simeon Booker and Moses Newson recall their early careers in journalism at several African American newspapers. Newson remembers covering school desegregation cases in Clinton, Tennessee and Hoxie, Arkansas, for the Memphis Tri-State Defender. Booker discusses covering the Emmett Till murder and the integration of Little Rock High School for Jet. They both remember covering the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington.
- Contributor: Booker, Simeon - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Newson, Moses J.
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoCourtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011 July 08 Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merged with other groups to become the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses the March on Washington, the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, changes in SNCC, and attending the Sixth...
- Contributor: Cox, Courtland - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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