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Film, Video Julia Matilda Burns oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013 March 13

Julia Matilda Burns oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013 March 13

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Title

  • Julia Matilda Burns oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013 March 13

Summary

  • 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 her experiences as a teacher in Tchula. She also discusses her successful election for a position on the school board and the work she accomplished during her tenure.

Names

  • Burns, Julia Matilda, 1938- interviewee
  • Dittmer, John, 1939- interviewer
  • Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)

Created / Published

  • 2013.

Headings

  • -  Burns, Julia Matilda,--1938---Interviews
  • -  Mississippi Freedom Project
  • -  African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Interviews
  • -  African American teachers--Mississippi--Interviews
  • -  Civil rights movements--Mississippi
  • -  Civil rights movements--United States
  • -  School integration--Mississippi--Holmes County

Genre

  • Filmed Interviews
  • Interviews
  • Oral histories
  • Video recordings

Notes

  • -  Recorded in Tchula, Mississippi, on March 13, 2013.
  • -  Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.).
  • -  Matilda Julia Burns was a school teacher and civil rights activist in Mississippi.
  • -  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.
  • -  In English.
  • -  Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005

Medium

  • 2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color.
  • 1 transcript (40 pages).

Source Collection

  • Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0073

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015669172

Access Advisory

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit Line

Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Burns, Julia Matilda, Interviewee, John Dittmer, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Julia Matilda Burns oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi. 2013. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669172/.

APA citation style:

Burns, J. M., Dittmer, J. & Civil Rights History Project, U. S. (2013) Julia Matilda Burns oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669172/.

MLA citation style:

Burns, Julia Matilda, Interviewee, John Dittmer, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Julia Matilda Burns oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi. 2013. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015669172/>.