Film, Video Peggy Jean Connor oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 November 30.
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- Title
- Peggy Jean Connor oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2015 November 30.
- Summary
- Peggy Jean Connor discusses her role in the Civil Rights Movement in southern Mississippi. She focuses particularly on voter registration, Freedom Day, being a Democratic National Convention delegate, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), her arrest, organizing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), and the "Connor vs. Johnson" lawsuit.
- Contributor Names
- Connor, Peggy Jean, interviewee.
- Crosby, Emilye, interviewer.
- Bishop, John Melville, videographer.
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Created / Published
- 2015.
- Subject Headings
- - Connor, Peggy Jean--Interviews
- - Adams, Victoria Gray,--1926-2006
- - Baker, Ella,--1903-1986
- - Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand,--1908-1966
- - DeVine, Annie
- - Evers, Charles,--1922
- - Guyot, Lawrence,--1939-2012
- - Hamer, Fannie Lou
- - Thelwell, Michael
- - Child Development Group of Mississippi
- - Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- - Head Start Program (U.S.)
- - Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- - Mississippi Freedom Project
- - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- - United States.--Civil Rights Act of 1964
- - Democratic National Convention--(1964 :--Atlantic City, N.J.)--Personal narratives
- - African American women civil rights workers--Mississippi--Interviews
- - African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi
- - Beauty shops--Mississippi
- - Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi
- - Civil rights movements--United States
- - Police brutality--Mississippi
- - Poliomyelitis
- - Poll tax--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
- - School integration--Mississippi
- - Segregation in education--Mississippi
- - Voter registration--Mississippi--Hattiesburg
- - Mississippi--Politics and government--20th century
- Genre
- Personal narratives
- Filmed interviews
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Video recordings
- Notes
- - Recorded in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on November 30, 2015.
- - Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039: 0111), 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.).
- - Peggy Jean Connor is a strong movement activist, whose early involvement in voter registration included two important lawsuits. She was very active in Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP).
- - 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
- 7 video files (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (1:21:14) : digital, sound, color.
- transcript 1 item (.pdf) : text files.
- Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0111
- 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_crhp0111
- afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0111_ms01
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 2016655402
- Rights Advisory
- Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
- Access Advisory
- Collection is open for research. 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/2016655402
- Additional Metadata Formats
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- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
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Contributors
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Subjects
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- 20th Century
- Adams, Victoria Gray
- African American Women Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Atlantic City, N.J.)
- Baker, Ella
- Beauty Shops
- Child Development Group of Mississippi
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Connor, Peggy Jean
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand
- Democratic National Convention
- Devine, Annie
- Evers, Charles
- Filmed Interviews
- Guyot, Lawrence
- Hamer, Fannie Lou
- Hattiesburg
- Head Start Program (U.S.)
- Interviews
- Mississippi
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Mississippi Freedom Project
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Oral Histories
- Personal Narratives
- Police Brutality
- Poliomyelitis
- Politics and Government
- Poll Tax
- School Integration
- Segregation in Education
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Suffrage
- Thelwell, Michael
- United States
- Video Recordings
- Voter Registration
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