Film, Video Luis Zapata oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Silver Spring, Maryland, 2013 June 27.
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- Title
- Luis Zapata oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Silver Spring, Maryland, 2013 June 27.
- Summary
- 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 voters with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Zapata also discusses his later involvement in the congressional campaign of Mike Espy as well as his participation in international movements for human rights.
- Contributor Names
- Zapata, Luis, 1944-2015, interviewee.
- Crosby, Emilye, interviewer.
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Created / Published
- 2013.
- Subject Headings
- - Zapata, Luis,--1944-2015--Interviews
- - Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- - Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- - Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
- - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- - United Farm Workers
- - Agricultural laborers--California--History
- - Agricultural laborers--Mississippi--History
- - Civil rights movements--California
- - Civil rights movements--Mississippi
- - Civil rights movements--United States
- - Civil rights workers--United States--Interviews
- Genre
- Filmed Interviews
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Video recordings
- Notes
- - Recorded in Silver Spring, Maryland, on June 27, 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.).
- - Luis Zapata was an civil rights activist and labor organizer. He worked for the United Farm Workers, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union, and many other organizations.
- - 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
- 6 video files of 6 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (122 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- 1 transcript (71 pages).
- Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0095
- Repository
- Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0095
- afc2010039text.afc2010039_crhp0095_Zapata_transcript
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 2015669194
- 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
- Online Format
- image
- video
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/2015669194
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- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
- IIIF Presentation Manifest
- Manifest (JSON/LD)
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Format
Contributors
Dates
Locations
Languages
Subjects
- Agricultural Laborers
- California
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Filmed Interviews
- History
- Interviews
- Mississippi
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
- Oral Histories
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- United Farm Workers
- United States
- Video Recordings
- Zapata, Luis
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