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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, 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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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, 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, VideoLisa Anderson Todd oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, D.C., 2013 June 24 Lisa Anderson Todd shares memories from when she was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteer in Mississippi in 1963 and her recollections of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Todd describes how she was introduced to the Movement during her participation in a work camp at Tougaloo College and how she went on to do voter...
- Contributor: Todd, Lisa Anderson - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoWilliam Lucy oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, D.C., 2013 June 25 William Lucy discusses his role in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in the 1960s, especially how he and the union supported the 1968 sanitation workers' strike in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1966 Lucy started to work for AFSCME in Washington, D.C., as the Associate Director of the Department of Legislation and Community Affairs. Lucy explains AFSCME's support of the Civil...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Lucy, William - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoCecilia Suyat Marshall oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, D.C., 2013 June 30 Cecilia Suyat Marshall recalls moving from Hawaii to New York where she found a job as a secretary with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1948. Marshall notes some of the highlights of her experiences at the NAACP offices, including the organization's victory in the Brown v. Board case, traveling the South with NAACP staff, and attending conferences. There...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Marshall, Cecilia - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2013-01-01
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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, VideoTimothy Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 09 Timothy Jones discusses his personal experiences growing up in Philadelphia and in particular his experiences in integrated school. He describes at length his experience attending Howard University, and why Howard was so important to the Civil Rights Movement. He describes how he became a lawyer, and his political involvement with the Civil Rights Movement as an African American lawyer. Jenkins discusses some of the...
- Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jenkins, Timothy Lionel - 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, 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, 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, VideoReginald Robinson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 11 Reginald "Reg" Robinson shares his experience of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and how he became known as an "advance man" throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Beginning with his involvement with the student-led Civic Interest Group in Baltimore, Maryland, he discusses how his involvement with the Cambridge Movement led him to becoming a field secretary for SNCC. He recalls how Voter...
- Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Robinson, Reginald - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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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, 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, 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, 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, VideoOdetta oral history interview
Odetta! an interview for the American Folklife Center, November 3 [sic], 2003 | Legendary Folk Singer Odetta Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Online video interview with folk singer Odetta, conducted by the Director of the American Folklife Center, Peggy Bulger, on November 14, 2003, the day following Odetta's concert at the Library of Congress on the occasion of Odetta receiving the Library of Congress Living Legend award. Odetta talks about her upbringing in Birmingham, Alabama, the influence of the church there, her move to Los Angeles,...- Contributor: Bulger, Peggy A. - Odetta - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoJunious Brickhouse interview
American Folklife Center event, 2017-02-22 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Oral history interview with Junious Brickhouse, founder and director of Urban Artistry Inc., originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He has remained committed to the hip hop, house dance, b-boying, popping, locking, tap, waacking, vogue, and West African dance genres and their communities of practice. These early experiences are reflected in how Brickhouse has structured Urban Artistry as an accepting, collaborative, and accessible community, and...- Contributor: Brickhouse, Junious - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2017