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    Thomas Frank Pair Collection Technical Sergeant, Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Pusan and Kunsan, Korea; Yokota Air Base, Japan; Miho Air Base, Japan; United States. Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Da Nang, Vietnam.
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    Rudolph Damon Dill Collection Master Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Pacific Theater. Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953.
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    Making sense of the sixties. [Part 5,] Picking up the pieces
    Picking up the pieces Catalog Record Only
    Nixon is elected. The Cambodian incursion and the killings at Kent State and Jackson State have a traumatic effect on the U.S. Minorities of every description begin to use the techniques of the civil rights and anti-war movements to win political empowerment for themselves. More extreme splinter groups like the Weathermen and the Black Panthers come into being.
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - LC Off-Air Taping Collection (Library of Congress) - Rissman, Carol - Stange, Eric - Hoffman, David
    • Date: 1991
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    We do the work. Behind the lens with Barbara Kopple
    Behind the lens with Barbara Kopple | Title from WETA magazine: We do the work Catalog Record Only
    The focus is on workers in this series. In the first segment, workers at a catfish processing plant in Mississippi go on strike to protest what they claim are low wages and inhumane working conditions. In the next segment, filmmaker Barbara Kopple talks about the making of two of her films about coal miners, Harlan County USA and Out of darkness, and the making...
    • Contributor: LC Off-Air Taping Collection (Library of Congress) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Kopple, Barbara - California Working Group - Herzog, Ed - Miller, Rhian - Weta-Tv (Television Station : Washington, D.C.) - Pritchard, Michael (Michael K.) - O'Neill, Patrice
    • Date: 1991
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    Timothy 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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    Dorie 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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    Donald Shirley Webster Collection Technical Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - North Carolina; Massachusetts; Oregon; Idaho; El Paso, Texas; Mississippi; Alabama; Scotland; England; France; Germany; European Theater.
    • Contributor: McQueeney, David A. - Webster, Donald Shirley
    • Date: 1941
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    Simeon 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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    Jennifer 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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    Jasper George Taylor 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 - Taylor, Jasper George - Christin Wheeler - 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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    Robert Render White Collection Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Europe; Central America; South America; Pacific Theater; Italy; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Houston, Texas; Maxwell Field, Alabama. Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Hamilton Air Force Base, California; Houston, Texas. Major, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; Vietnam.
    • Contributor: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - White, Robert Render - Robert Kopp - Sison, Mary Ann - Gunn-Rasmussen, Leeann
    • Date: 1942
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    Glenda 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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    Luis 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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    Dion 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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    Wheeler Parker oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Chicago, Illinois, 2011 May 23 Wheeler Parker, Jr., discusses his visit to Mississippi with his cousin, Emmett Till. He recalls the incident at Bryant's store and the night that Till was kidnapped, and Till's funeral in Chicago. He remembers how the murder and publicity affected his family, the reopening of the case in 2004, and efforts to memorialize Till.
    • Contributor: Parker, Wheeler - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Julia 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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    Rosie Head oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013 March 13 Rosie Head describes her early life in Greenwood, Mississippi, where her family lived and worked on a plantation. She discusses how her parents faced racial discrimination in their work and how they were cheated by the plantation owner and then blacklisted. In 1964, Head joined the Civil Rights Movement in Tchula, Mississippi, where her family had relocated. Head recounts the various ways she was...
    • Contributor: Dittmer, John - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Head, Rosie M.
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    James Andrew Caire Collection Master Sergeant, Air Force, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Philippines; Japan.
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    Simeon Wright oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Chicago, Illinois, 2011 May 23 Simeon Wright discusses his cousin, Emmett Till, and his attempts to correct the historical record concerning Till's murder. He recalls Till's visit to his home in Mississippi, going to Bryant's store, and the night that Till was kidnapped. He remembers the trial, moving to Chicago, and how the murder and publicity affected his family.
    • Contributor: Wright, Simeon - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Alfred S. Reed Collection Corporal, Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Guam (Mariana Islands); United States.
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    Clarence Earl Derrington Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater.
    • Contributor: U.S. House of Representatives/Gregg Harper - Derrington, Clarence Earl - Harper, Gregg
    • Date: 1943
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    Eddie 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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    Juadine 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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    Kermit L. Harden Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Arkansas; Mississippi; Pennsylvania; European Theater.
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    Raylawni 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