Film, Video Kay Tillow oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Louisville, Kentucky, 2013 August 14.
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- Title
- Kay Tillow oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Louisville, Kentucky, 2013 August 14.
- Summary
- 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 in sit-ins in Atlanta, Georgia, and demonstrations in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She discusses her work with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, a hospital workers' union, and organizing victories in Pennsylvania. Tillow also discusses her role in the Coalition of Labor Union Women and her current work on health care reform.
- Contributor Names
- Tillow, Kay, interviewee.
- Cline, David P., 1969- interviewer.
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Created / Published
- 2013.
- Subject Headings
- - Tillow, Kay--Interviews
- - Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.)
- - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- - Service Employees International Union. Local 1199 (New York, N.Y.)
- - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- - Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta
- - Civil rights movements--Mississippi
- - Civil rights movements--United States
- - Women civil rights workers--United States--Interviews
- - Women labor leaders--United States--Interviews
- Genre
- Filmed Interviews
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Video recordings
- Notes
- - Recorded in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 14, 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.).
- - Kay Tillow was a civil rights activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a labor leader of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
- - 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
- 5 video files of 5 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (73 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- 1 transcript (32 pages).
- Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0099
- 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_crhp0099
- afc2010039text.afc2010039_crhp0099_TillowKay_transcript
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 2015669198
- 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/2015669198
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- MARCXML Record
- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
- IIIF Presentation Manifest
- Manifest (JSON/LD)
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Format
Contributors
Dates
Locations
Languages
Subjects
- Atlanta
- Civil Rights Movements
- Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.)
- Filmed Interviews
- Georgia
- Interviews
- Mississippi
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Oral Histories
- Service Employees International Union. Local (New York, N.Y.)
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Tillow, Kay
- United States
- Video Recordings
- Women Civil Rights Workers
- Women Labor Leaders
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