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Film, VideoGloria Hayes Richardson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New York, New York, 2011 July 19 Gloria Richardson recalls growing up in Cambridge, Maryland, attending Howard University, and joining Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with her daughter, Donna, after returning to Cambridge and running her father's drug store. She recalls traveling to the South with her family to assist SNCC with voter registration, organizing the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, assisting E. Franklin Frazier with research on African Americans, and marching...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Richardson, Gloria
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoJoseph Howell and Embry Howell oral history interview conducted by David Cline in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 13 Joseph and Embry Howell recall the summer of 1966 in Southern Georgia. Recruited by Charlie Sherrod of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) they discuss the complexities they encountered from embodying a white identity, most significantly through their experience of living with a black family in the South. They emphasize how changing racial perception and power influenced a shift in SNCC's tactic of nonviolence,...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Howell, Embry - Howell, Joseph T. - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
- 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, 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, VideoAlfred Moldovan oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New York, New York, 2011 July 19 Alfred Moldovan remembers growing up in the Bronx and the influence of his parents, who were Jewish Hungarian immigrants. He recalls serving in the air force as a radio repairman during World War II and later attending medical school. He discusses founding the Medical Committee for Human Rights and traveling to the South to assist injured civil rights activists at events such as the...
- Contributor: Moldovan, Alfred - 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, VideoJennifer Lawson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 11 Jennifer Lawson shares her experience throughout the Civil Rights Movement. She discusses her decision to leave college to join the movement, and her involvement with voter registration activities in Mississippi. She joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966 and was elected to the organization's central coordinating committee. She shares her role in designing the Black Panther symbol and campaign materials for the...
- Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Crosby, Emilye - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Lawson, Jennifer
- Date: 2015-01-01
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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, VideoJames Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Austin, Texas, 2011 May 25 James Oscar Jones remembers growing up on a farm in Arkansas, the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, and attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College in Pine Bluff. He discusses his involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and meeting activists Bill Hansen and Ben Grinage. He recalls participating in sit-ins at Woolworth's drug store in Pine Bluff, and...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Jones, James Oscar
- Date: 2011-01-01
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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, VideoPhil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Oakland, California, 2011 September 01 Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)), protesting at the White Rice Inn in Maryland, and working with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. He discusses moving to Newark, New Jersey, to work for SNCC, Students for...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Hutchings, Phil
- Date: 2011-01-01
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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, 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, VideoE. Maynard Moore oral history interview conducted by David. P. Cline in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 14 Maynard E. Moore shares his experience in the Civil Rights Movement as a minister and how the intersection of religion and education provided an opportunity for racial integration. He recalls his involvement in the Methodist Student Movement from his early career as a migrant camp worker, to later pursuits in doctoral education, up to his participation in the Selma march. Emphasizing the commitment to...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Moore, E. Maynard - Bishop, John Melville
- 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, 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, VideoGertrude Newsome Jackson oral history interview conducted by LaFleur Paysour in Marvell, Arkansas, 2010 November 22 Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights movement in rural Arkansas. She discusses assisting Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers Howard Himmelbaum and Myrtle Glascoe, working for Head Start, and starting a community center. Jackson's grandson is also interviewed.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jackson, Gertrude Newsome - Paysour, Lafleur
- Date: 2010-01-01
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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, VideoJohn and Jean Rosenberg oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Prestonburg, Kentucky, 2013 August 15 Jean and John Rosenberg begin this interview with recollections of their families' backgrounds. Jean learned about social issues as she was raised by a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and John's family fled Germany under threat from the Nazis. Jean attended Wilmington College and became a research analyst for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. John grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where FBI...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Rosenberg, John M. - Cline, David P. - Rosenberg, Jean Voelker
- Date: 2013-01-01
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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