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    Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March Lynda Blackmon Lowery described her role as the youngest member of the Selma, Alabama Civil Rights March in 1965. Along with her co-authors, Susan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock, Lowery recounted her childhood…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Center for the Book - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    Selma, the Voting Rights Act & Reel History Gary May finds himself among several scholars who think the film Selma is seriously flawed. He explores the significance and continuing importance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, includes a critique…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    Annie 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…
    • Contributor: Avery, Annie Pearl - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    David Mercer Ackerman and Satoko Ito Ackerman oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, … 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…
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Ackerman, David M. - Ackerman, Satoko Ito
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Pete 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…
    • Contributor: Seeger, Pete - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Junius W. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Newark, New Jersey, 2011 July … Junius Williams recalls growing up in Richmond, Virginia, attending Amherst College, and joining the student group Students for Racial Equality. He remembers attending the March on Washington, organizing a civil rights conference…
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Williams, Junius W.
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011 June 01 Gwendolyn Patton discusses attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she became involved in many civil rights organizations and was elected student body president. She recalls hosting the Freedom Riders in 1961, and spending…
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Patton, Gwendolyn M. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 April 25 Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to Montgomery March, registering…
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Sales, Ruby
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Alfred Moldovan oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New York, New York, 2011 July … 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…
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Moldovan, Alfred - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Joseph Echols Lowery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 June 06 Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s. He remembers joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the…
    • Contributor: Lowery, Joseph E. - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Denmark, South Carolina, 2013 March 21 Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement…
    • Contributor: Sellers, Cleveland - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Dittmer, John
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    E. Maynard Moore oral history interview conducted by David. P. Cline in Washington, District of Columbia, … 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…
    • Contributor: Moore, E. Maynard - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P.
    • Date: 2015-01-01
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    Congressman John Lewis: "March II" Congressman John Lewis discussed his life and work in the Civil Rights movement with 6th and 7th grade students from the School Without Walls at Francis Stevens in Washington, D.C. as part…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    William S. Leventhal oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in El Segundo, California, 2013 … Willy Siegel Leventhal discusses his childhood in California, his experiences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1960s, and his involvement in the Summer Community Organization and Political Education…
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Leventhal, Willy S. (Willy Siegel)
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    With Their Own Eyes: Photographers Witness the March on Washington A group of eminent photographers -- including Bob Adelman, Theresa Lynn Carter (daughter of Roosevelt Carter), Brigitte Freed (widow of Leonard Freed), and David Johnson -- remember the 1963 March on Washington…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2014
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    Sam Sitton, Jr. Collection First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Lynchburg, Virginia; Courtland, Alabama; Selma, Alabama; Maxwell Field, Alabama; Sarasota, Florida; Arcadia, Florida; England; Germany.
    • Contributor: Bowen, Sarah - Sitton Jr., Sam - Wrcb-Tv Channel 3 - Willie, Michael Lloyd
    • Date: 1942
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    Forrest E. Kelley, Sr. Collection Flight Officer, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Maxwell Field, Decatur and Selma, Alabama; Walnut Ridge, Arkansas; Tallahassee and Sarasota, Florida; Brooklyn, New York; Europe; Asia; Africa; South America.
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    A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who was a young civil-rights leader in 1963, opened the photo exhibition "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington" at the…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2013
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    Worth W. Long oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Jackson, Mississippi, 2015 December 06 Worth W. Long largely discusses experiences growing up in a household strongly connected to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Long discusses churches as important aspects of community building and as meeting…
    • Contributor: Long, Worth W. - Bishop, John Melville - Crosby, Emilye - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2015-01-01
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    Rep. John Lewis & Andrew Aydin: 2016 National Book Festival Rep. John Lewis and co-author Andrew Aydin discuss "March: Book Three" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2016
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    Jon Meacham on John Lewis and the Power of Hope Jon Meacham discusses his new book, "His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope," in conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
    • Date: 2020
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    Teaching the Civil Rights Movement from the Bottom-Up 50 Years After the Voting Rights Act This presentation will highlight bottom-up movement history and the ways it introduces students to a wider range of tactics and to a history that begins before the big marches and extends after…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist Journalist Anne Farris Rosen discussed her father John Herbers' memoir, "Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist." Herbers, a New York Times correspondent, covered the civil rights movement in the…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2020
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    Jon Meacham: National Book Festival 2020 Jon Meacham, one of America's best-known historians, has written about American presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson and George H.W. Bush, as well as sweeping histories that get at the spirit of…
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2020
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    2017 Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature The novel, "March Book Three," by Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell received the second annual Walter Dean Myers Award for outstanding children's literature in a young adult category.…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
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    Homegrown Plus: Northern Resonance We're continuing the Homegrown Plus series with Northern Resonance, a Scandinavian string trio rooted in traditional folk music. As usual for this series, you’ll find a concert video, an interview video, and…
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2024-04-26
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    John Lewis: 2012 National Book Festival Rep. John Lewis appears at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2012
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    The Civil Rights History Project: Primary Sources and Oral History History is most fascinating when we feel connected to the people who lived in the past. One way to pique student interest is by using primary sources from the Library of Congress…
    • Contributor: Lederle, Cheryl
    • Date: 2014-09-11
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    Locality & Nation: Civil Rights & Voting Rights in the Deep South, 1963-1966 Thomas Jackson and Hasan Kwame Jeffries discuss the hard work of grass roots organizing of the civil rights movement that is often overlooked in histories. How well did national civil rights and…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2014
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    2022 National Book Festival: Because of You, John Lewis with Andrea Davis Pinkney and Tybre Faw Andrea Davis Pinkney and Tybre Faw discuss "Because of You, John Lewis," based on the true story of how 10-year-old history buff Faw befriended his idol, Congressman John Lewis. Enjoy a heartening…
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Civil Rights History Project On May 12, 2009, the U. S. Congress authorized a national initiative by passing The Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-19). The law directed the Library of Congress…
    • Contributor: Booker, Simeon - Vickers, Barbara Edna - Dudley, John F. - Clark, Robert George - Fuller, Linda - Funchess, Glenda - Hayling, Robert Bagner - Howell, Joseph T. - Smith, Jeanette - Hicks, Valeria Payton ... Booker, Simeon - Vickers, Barbara Edna - Dudley, John F. - Clark, Robert George - Fuller, Linda - Funchess, Glenda - Hayling, Robert Bagner - Howell, Joseph T. - Smith, Jeanette - Hicks, Valeria Payton - Ladner, Dorie - Miller, James E. - Geiger, Jack - Griffin, Willie James - Cox, Courtland - Dixon, Elmer - Hildreth, Marilyn Luper - Crosby, David L. - Finney, Ernest A., (Ernest Adolphus) - Zapata, Luis - Carter, Robert L. - Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley) - Blake, Harry - McNichols, Steven - Jones, Mary A. - Sherrod, Charles - Conway, Purcell Maurice - Dove, Samuel - Collins, Barbara Maria - Walker, Wyatt Tee - Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah - Magee, Clarence - Moldovan, Alfred - Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer - Cotton, Dorothy F. - Patton, Gwendolyn M. - Carawan, Guy - Hicks, Charles Ray - Anderson, William G. - McKinney, Samuel Berry - Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James) - Tillow, Walter M. - Brown, Harold K. - Carlos, John - Crosby, Patricia A. - Siler, Charles E. - Strickland, William - Browner, Clifford - McClary, Robert - Jones, James Oscar - Grinnell, Gloria Claudette - Sales, Ruby - National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) - Gaither, Thomas Walter - Sherrod, Shirley - Ackerman, David M. - Jenkins, Mary F. - Adams-Johnson, Frankye - Suggs, Harold - Luper, Calvin - Jarmon, Charles - Terry, Esther M. A. - Burns, Julia Matilda - Burras, Carol Cummings - Greenberg, Jack - Sellers, Cleveland - Montes, Carlos - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - Young, Carrie Lamar - Parker, Wheeler - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Holloway, Eddie A. - Bond, Julian - Hicks, Robert Lawrence - Bishop, John Melville - Derby, Doris Adelaide - Sobol, Anne Buxton - Stewart, Eleanor - Zellner, Dorothy - Hutchings, Phil - Greene, Freddie - Jenkins, Timothy Lionel - Library of Congress - McLaurin, Charles - American Folklife Center - Williams, Junius W. - Tuttle, Rick - Dahmer, Ellie J. - Breaux, Toni - Bruce, Walter - Todd, Lisa Anderson - Hopkins, Evans D. - Anderson, Fletcher - Robinson, Reginald - Arellanes, Gloria - Alexander, Roberta - Branch, Raylawni G. - Russell, Bill - Suggs, Frances L. - Roxborough, Mildred Bond - Bassett, Priscilla - McCarty, Michael D. - Dahmer, Vernon - Lawson, Jennifer - Rosenberg, Jean Voelker - Ackerman, Satoko Ito - Lawrence, William M. - George, Virginia Simms - Holloway, Emma Kate - Richardson, Judy - Hrabowski, Freeman A. - McDew, Charles - King, Lonnie C. - Thelwell, Michael - Lowery, Joseph E. - Bailey, D'army - Bassett, Emmett W. - Walker, Theresa Ann - Leventhal, Willy S. (Willy Siegel) - Abernathy, Donzaleigh - Mosnier, Joseph - Miller, Grace H. - Abernathy, Ralph David - Howell, Embry - Duncan, Gwendolyn Annette - Anderson, Cynthia Baker - McCullar, Johnnie Ruth - Richardson, Gloria - Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza - Moore, E. Maynard - Dittmer, John - Lucy, William - Hill, Oliver W. - Henderson, Juadine - Jackson, Gertrude Newsome - Hicks, Darryl Robertson - Head, Rosie M. - Noonan, Martha P. - Brown, Robert J. - Dixon, Aaron - Jones, Nathaniel Hawthorne - Bennett, Geraldine Crawford - Cline, David P. - Williams, Cecil J. - Ladner, Joyce A. - Bates, Scott - Mtume, Norma - Newson, Moses J. - Tillow, Kay - Cleaver, Kathleen - Seeger, Pete - Sullivan, Patricia - Southern Oral History Program - Broadway, Louise W. - Crosby, Emilye - Reece, Dwandalyn R. - Wright, Simeon - Guyot, Lawrence - Camarillo, Mateo - Branch, Taylor - Holloway, Lucius - Abernathy, Juandalynn R. - Marshall, Cecilia - Vivian, C. T. - Walter, Mildred Pitts - Jenkins, Willie Elliot - Robinson, Betty Garman - Young, Sam - Jones, Jamila - Jones, Clarence B. - Saunders, William - Miller, Carolyn - Rosenberg, John M. - Paysour, Lafleur - Long, Worth W. - Huggins, Ericka - Brown, Amos C. (Amos Cleophilus) - Carawan, Candie - Diamond, Dion T. - Churchville, John Elliott - Howard, Elbert - Caldwell, Ben R. - Sobol, Richard B. - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Mahone, Sam - Guster, Leesco - Connor, Peggy Jean - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Hamilton, Audrey Nell - Simpson, Euvester - Taylor, Kieran Walsh - Avery, Annie Pearl - Varela, Maria - Ulmer, Joeann Anderson
    • Date: 2010

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    Documenting the Freedom Struggle in Southwest Georgia Glen Pearcy and David Cline discuss Pearcy's documentary work with the Southwest Georgia Project, which documented local people at work and in their homes during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2014
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    Observance of the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Voter Rights Act A special program commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, specifically the Voter Rights Act of 1965 with Rep. Terri Sewell.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2014
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    Peniel Joseph: 2014 National Book Festival Peniel E. Joseph appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2014
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    Georgia: This Is the Dream Listen to members of Congress read from their favorite books for young people in "Read Around the States." Each video includes an interview with the author, in association with an affiliate of…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2021
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    50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act A commemorative look at one of the most important pieces of legislation of the civil rights movement: the Voting Rights Act of 1965, with Congresswoman Alma Adams.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    James L. Swanson: 2018 National Book Festival James L. Swanson discusses "Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin" at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2018
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    Homegrown Plus: Sheila Kay Adams In the Homegrown Plus series, we present Homegrown concerts that also had accompanying oral history interviews, placing both together in an easy-to-find blog post. (Find the whole series here!) We’re continuing the…
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2019-03-04
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    Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus: Joseph Palackal on Syriac Christian Music In the Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus series, we present selected lectures in our Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lectures series that also had accompanying oral history interviews, placing both together in an easy-to-find blog…
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2024-03-15
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    Homegrown Plus: Steve Riley and the Riley Family Band We're starting a new season of Homegrown Plus with a concert and oral history from the Riley Family Band featuring Steve Riley. Steve is a widely acclaimed master of the Cajun accordion,…
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2021-03-31