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personal narrativeRoger Bryan Hansen Collection First Lieutenant, Army, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Korea; Germany; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia; Bahrain; United States.
- Contributor: Richard Kopp - Wlox Tv - Sison, Mary Ann - Hansen, Roger Bryan - Woodward, Wanda
- Date: 1977
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:41:50.0
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personal narrativeJohn David Philo Collection Captain, Air Force, Cold War - United States; Europe; Asia.
- Contributor: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Paul Mansfield - Philo, John David - Sison, Mary Ann
- Date: 1955
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:43:31.0
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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, VideoWorth W. Long oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Jackson, Mississippi, 2015 December 06 Worth W. Long largely discusses experiences growing up in a household strongly connected to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Long discusses churches as important aspects of community building and as meeting spaces for the African American civil rights activists. He recalls personal experiences participating in protest and other forms of activism during the 1950's and 60's, including his participation with Student Nonviolent Coordinating...
- Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Long, Worth W. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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personal narrativeG.W. Guynes Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Fort McClellan, Alabama; Oran, North Africa; Italy; Stalag IIB, Germany; European Theater.
- Contributor: Guynes, G.W. - Wlbt Tv-3 - Rankin, Katina - Kimble, Jack
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:31:06.0
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personal narrativeLaura R. Simpson Collection First Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; European Theater.
- Contributor: Wlox Tv - Simpson, Laura R. - Foster, Buck T. - Richard A. Kopp - Woodward, Wanda
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:55:56.0
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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, 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, VideoEllie Dahmer oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 November 30 Ellie Dahmer discusses her involvement in the NAACP and voting rights activism in Forrest County, Mississippi. She recalls her experiences in education, both as a student at local schools, Alcorn State University, and Tennessee A&I, and as a teacher in schools throughout Mississippi. Her career as a Forrest County election commissioner is also discussed. She speaks about her husband, fellow activist Vernon Dahmer, and...
- Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Dahmer, Ellie J. - 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, 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, VideoCharles McLaurin oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Indianola, Mississippi, 2015 December 05 Charles McLaurin discusses his work as a Civil Rights activist in the 1950's and 60's. He begins by discussing the racism he experienced growing up and how this shaped his personal and political values. McLaurin mainly describes working with African American voter registration rights issues, SNCC, and the Freedom Riders. He describes how he became a congressional officer for a number of years in...
- Contributor: McLaurin, Charles - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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personal narrativeKermit L. Harden, Jr. Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Arkansas; Mississippi; Pennsylvania; European Theater.
- Contributor: Williamson, Harriet F. - Will-Am-Fm-Tv - Harden Jr., Kermit L. - Barrineau, Mary
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:58:01.0
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personal narrativeGeorge Edward Hardy Collection Lieutenant Colonel, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Alabama; Mississippi; Texas; Italy. Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force, Cold War - United States; Korea; Vietnam.
- Contributor: Hardy, George Edward - Watkins, William - Watson, Bernard C. - Association for the Study of African American Life and History (Asalh), Manasota, FL
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:46:48.0
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personal narrativeJasper George Taylor, Jr. Collection Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois; Barksdale Field, Shreveport and Lake Charles, Louisiana; Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia; Texas; Oklahoma; Arkansas; Mississippi; Luzon, Bataan (Philippines); Corregidor Island (Philippines).
- Contributor: Joshua Leisure - Christin Wheeler - Taylor Jr., Jasper George - Johnson, Crimson - U.S. House of Representatives/Dennis A. Ross - Clem, Courtney
- Date: 1939
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 01:44:43.0
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personal narrativeAlfred S. Reed, Jr. Collection Corporal, Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Guam (Mariana Islands); United States.
- Contributor: Terry, Becky - Reed Jr., Alfred S. - Reed, Kelsey - Water Valley High School
- Date: 1943
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:05:33.0
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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, VideoJudy Richardson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Silver Spring, Maryland, 2015 December 09 Judy Richardson was born on March 10, 1944. As one of eight black students accepted into Swarthmore College in 1962, she recalls her initial involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, attending mass meetings and participating in freedom rides in the Cambridge, Maryland Movement. She discusses her decision to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), where she served as a secretary for then executive...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - Richardson, Judy - 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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personal narrativeJames Donovan Gautier, Jr. Collection Master Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Philippines; Korea; Georgia; Florida; Mississippi; Texas; California; Louisiana. Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea.
- Contributor: Gunn-Rasmussen, Leeann - Woodward, Wanda - Gautier Jr., James Donovan - Wlox Tv
- Date: 1939
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:49:32.0
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personal narrativeWilliam Matthew Brewer Collection Lieutenant Colonel, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - United States. Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953. Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Contributor: Brewer, William Matthew - Burke, Ronald D.
- Date: 1942
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 01:01:32.0
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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, 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, 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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personal narrativeRalph Lewis Black Collection Staff Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Tennessee; Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Mississippi; Italy; Stalag Luft VII, Germany; European Theater.
- Contributor: Black, Ralph Lewis - Cargill, Joanne - Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum (Ccvmm)
- Date: 1942
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:59:28.0