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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, 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, VideoCandie Carawan and Guy Hughes Carawan oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New Market, Tennessee, 2011 September 19 Candie Carawan recalls attending Fisk University as an exchange student and meeting civil rights activists in Nashville, Tennessee. She discusses meeting Guy Carawan at the Highlander Folk School, the importance of music to the civil rights movement, and Guy's work to record singers involved with the movement. The two perform several songs, including "Tree of Life," "Eyes on the Prize," and "We Shall Overcome."
- Contributor: Carawan, Guy - Mosnier, Joseph - Carawan, Candie - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoPete Seeger oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Beacon, New York, 2011 July 22 Pete Seeger recalls performing at a concert with Paul Robeson in 1949 in Peekskill, New York, visiting the Highlander Folk School, and the evolution of the song "We Shall Overcome." He remembers performing at many civil rights events, including the Selma to Montgomery March. He also discusses his thoughts on Presidents Barack Obama and Rutherford B. Hayes.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Seeger, Pete
- Date: 2011-01-01
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