Film, Video Mildred Bond Roxborough oral history interview conducted by Julian Bond in New York, New York, 2010-10-29.

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Title
Mildred Bond Roxborough oral history interview conducted by Julian Bond in New York, New York, 2010-10-29.
Summary
Roxborough discusses how she became active in the Civil Rights Movement at the age of nine, when she sold subscriptions to the NAACP The Crisis magazine. Roxborough began working with the NAACP as a fieldworker and worked in a variety of administrative positions including as director of development.
Contributor Names
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) (Creator)
Roxborough, Mildred Bond, 1926- (Interviewee)
Bond, Julian, 1940- (Interviewer)
Created / Published
New York, New York, None 2010, 10
Subject Headings
-  Civil rights--United States--Cases
-  Civil rights movements--United States
-  African American civil rights workers--Interviews
-  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
-  Interviews
-  Filmed interviews
-  Oral histories
-  United States -- New York -- New York
Genre
Interviews
Filmed interviews
Oral histories
Notes
-  Summary: Roxborough discusses how she became active in the Civil Rights Movement at the age of nine, when she sold subscriptions to the NAACP The Crisis magazine. Roxborough began working with the NAACP as a fieldworker and worked in a variety of administrative positions including as director of development.
-  Biographical History: Mildred Bond Roxborough was born in 1926, grew up in Brownsville, Tennessee, and attended Howard University, New York University, and Columbia University. She married John W. Roxborough, II, in 1963. She worked as an administrator at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1954 to 1997.
-  Acquisition Note: The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.
-  Existence and Location of Copies: Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.).
-  Conditions Governing Access: Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
-  Related Archival Materials: Artifacts associated with the interview are at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Medium
2 videocassettes of 2 (DVCAM) (84 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master 2 photographs : digital, jpg files, color. 1 transcript (75 pages)
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afc2010039_crhp0002_ms01.doc
afc2010039_crhp0002_mv1.mov
afc2010039_crhp0002_mv2.mov
afc2010039_crhp0002_ph1.JPG
afc2010039_crhp0002_ph2.JPG
Source Collection
Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039)
Repository
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress Control Number
2015669101
Access Advisory
Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
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Roxborough discusses how she became active in the Civil Rights Movement at the age of nine, when she sold subscriptions to the NAACP The Crisis magazine. Roxborough began working with the NAACP as a fieldworker and worked in a variety of administrative positions including as director of development.
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2015669101
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Chicago citation style:

Civil Rights History Project, U.S, Mildred Bond Roxborough, and Julian Bond. Mildred Bond Roxborough oral history interview conducted by Julian Bond in New York, New York, -10-29. New York, New York, None , 10, 2010. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669101/.

APA citation style:

Civil Rights History Project, U. S., Roxborough, M. B. & Bond, J. (2010) Mildred Bond Roxborough oral history interview conducted by Julian Bond in New York, New York, -10-29. New York, New York, None , 10. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669101/.

MLA citation style:

Civil Rights History Project, U.S, Mildred Bond Roxborough, and Julian Bond. Mildred Bond Roxborough oral history interview conducted by Julian Bond in New York, New York, -10-29. New York, New York, None , 10, 2010. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015669101/>.