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    Cynthia Baker Anderson and Fletcher Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011 May 27 Cynthia and Fletcher Anderson remember the segregation and job discrimination they faced in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their decision to join the Civil Rights Movement. Fletcher recalls working many different jobs at the Crown Zellerbach paper mill, the harassment of the police and Ku Klux Klan, and joining the Deacons of Defense and Justice. They discuss their job discrimination lawsuits, their friends involved in the...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Anderson, Fletcher - Anderson, Cynthia Baker
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Kay Tillow oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Louisville, Kentucky, 2013 August 14 Kay Tillow describes learning about the Civil Rights Movement as a student at the University of Illinois, where she got involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She remembers attending the trials of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers in Cairo, Illinois, and traveling to Ghana in 1962. When she returned to the United States in 1963 she participated...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Tillow, Kay
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    Klansville U.S.A.
    Klansville USA | American experience Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.
    • Contributor: Cunningham, David - Wiser, Callie Taintor - Lionelli, Gary - Wgbh (Television Station : Boston, Mass.) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Ervin, Chad - Longo, Jason - PBS Distribution (Firm) - Platt, Oliver - American Experience Films - Five O'Clock Films - Espar, David
    • Date: 2015
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    Steven McNichols oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Burlingame, California, 2013 March 01 Steven McNichols discussed his childhood in New York City, his mother's illnesses and attending the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958. He became involved in politics through the National Student Federation and National Student Association, and participated in the Freedom Rides, riding a train from Los Angeles, California, to Houston, Texas. He also discusses his work with the Delta Ministry, the Mississippi Freedom...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - McNichols, Steven
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    Lincoln and the Civil War Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Collection of four documentaries providing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and significant events that surrounded him. Utilizing interviews with leading Lincoln biographers, Lincoln explores the inner conflicts that plagued and inspired the man who called himself "the loneliest man in the world." In a ploy that was ultimately foiled by the Secret Service, Stealing Lincoln's Body documents the 1876 plot to steal Lincoln's body...
    • Contributor: Vixpix Films - Crowley, Phil - Adams, Jonathan - History (Television Network) - New Video Group - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Herrmann, Edward - Arts and Entertainment Network - History Channel (Television Network)
    • Date: 2012
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    Rick 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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    Hui Cha Poos interview conducted by Dr. Julie Pearson Little Thunder, 2021-02-14 In this interview, dancer and choreographer Hui Cha Poos explains the differing expectations she encountered in her immigrant family growing up, in the OKC (Oklahoma City) Korean community, and in the public school system. She talks about the necessity of teaching diverse approaches to movement along with respect for different cultures and histories. She describes some of her international touring, including an inspirational return...
    • Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Poos, Hui Cha - Little Thunder, Julie Pearson
    • Date: 2021
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    William Lamar Strickland oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Amherst, Massachusetts, 2011 September 23 William Strickland recalls growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, attending Boston Latin High School and Harvard University, and serving as a Marine. He remembers his friendship with Malcolm X, joining the Northern Student Movement, and his work with Vincent Harding and the Institute of the Black World. He also discusses the current research on Malcolm X and his opinions on politics.
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Strickland, William
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Roberta Alexander oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in San Diego, California, 2016 June 29 Dr. Roberta Alexander, Professor Emeritus at San Diego City College, talks about her family background in California, her mixed-race heritage, and activist roots, including her time with the Black Panther Party.
    • Contributor: Alexander, Roberta - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Calvin Luper oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2011 May 24 Calvin Luper remembers his mother, Clara Luper, and her leadership in Oklahoma City's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council. He recalls participating in sit-ins in drug stores and restaurants, and hosting a radio show with his mother. He also remembers other leaders in Oklahoma's civil rights movement, including Dr. Charles N. Atkins, E. Melvin Porter, and Ada Lois Sipuel.
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Luper, Calvin - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Evans Derrell Hopkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Richmond, Virginia, 2011 July 07 Evans Hopkins recalls growing up in Danville, Virginia, and participating in efforts to desegregate public schools and the library. He remembers joining the Black Panther Party in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Oakland, California, and working on Bobby Seale's campaign for Mayor of Oakland. He also discusses his imprisonment for car theft and the high rate of incarceration among African American men.
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Hopkins, Evans D.
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Reginald 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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    War made easy : how presidents & pundits keep spinning us to death
    How presidents & pundits keep spinning us to death | War made easy : | How presidents and pundits keep spinning us to death Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    " ... exposes how presidential administrations of both parties have relied on a combination of deception and media complicity to sell one war after another to the American people. Narrated by actor Sean Penn, and based on the acclaimed book by Norman Solomon, the film exhumes five decades of remarkable archival footage to reveal in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically...
    • Contributor: Media Education Foundation - Killoy, Andrew - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Penn, Sean - Institute for Public Accuracy - Solomon, Norman - Alper, Loretta - Rabinovitz, David - Disinformation Company - Earp, Jeremy
    • Date: 2008
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    Hicks family oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011 May 27 The Hicks family remembers their childhood in segregated Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their father, Robert Hicks, a local civil rights leader. They recall leading a children's civil rights march in Bogalusa to protest discrimination at Woolworth's, hosting two white civil rights workers, Bill Yates and Steve Miller, and being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice.
    • Contributor: Hicks, Charles Ray - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Hicks, Robert Lawrence - Collins, Barbara Maria - Hicks, Valeria Payton - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Burras, Carol Cummings - Hicks, Darryl Robertson
    • Date: 2011-01-01
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    John 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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    Sing Along with Pete Seeger videorecording | videorecording ; 29 min | Forms part of the Seeger Family Tribute Collection (Source). Recorded at the Library of Congress (Venue). 4:3 Videorecording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Seeger, Pete
    • Date: 2007
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    Wretches & jabberers
    Wretches and jabberers | Wretches & jabberers: and stories from the road Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    "Two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence ... Thresher and Bissonnette put a new face on autism as they travel and meet others with autism in Sri Lanka, Japan, and Finland"--Container.
    • Contributor: Bissonnette, Larry - Wurzburg, Gerardine - Hussman, John P. - Thresher, Tracy - Griffin, Gary Keith - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Biklen, Douglas - State of the Art, Inc
    • Date: 2010
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    Frankye 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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    Gertrude 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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    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
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    Tapped Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig examines the big business of bottled water. Viewers get a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a...
    • Contributor: David, Josh - Caplan, Ruth - Atlas Films - Moore, Charles - Walrath, Michael - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Soechtig, Stephanie - Carman, Neil J. - Blumenauer, Earl - Vom Saal, Frederick S. ... David, Josh - Caplan, Ruth - Atlas Films - Moore, Charles - Walrath, Michael - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Soechtig, Stephanie - Carman, Neil J. - Blumenauer, Earl - Vom Saal, Frederick S. - Franklin, Shirley - Royte, Elizabeth - Gibson, Sarah - Walrath, Michelle - Millikan, Michael - Hauter, Wenonah - Disinformation Company - Ozymy, Melissa Jarrell
    • Date: 2010
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    Robert 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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    Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011 May 28 Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins remember their mother and sister Gayle Jenkins, a leader of the civil rights movement in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They discuss their family history, how the family became involved in the movement, and Willie Jenkins' court case to integrate the public schools. They recall being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice, marching in local rallies,...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Breaux, Toni - Bennett, Geraldine Crawford - Mosnier, Joseph - Jenkins, Willie Elliot
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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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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    History detectives. Season 10 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available America's top gumshoes prove that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. They leave no stone unturned as they travel around the country to explore the stories behind local folklore, prominent figures and family legends.
    • Contributor: Cowan, C. Wesley - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Luray, Elyse - Wright, Gwendolyn - PBS Distribution (Firm) - Zuberi, Tukufu - Lion Television Ltd
    • Date: 2012