Film, Video Timothy Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 09.

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Title
Timothy Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 09.
Summary
Timothy Jones discusses his personal experiences growing up in Philadelphia and in particular his experiences in integrated school. He describes at length his experience attending Howard University, and why Howard was so important to the Civil Rights Movement. He describes how he became a lawyer, and his political involvement with the Civil Rights Movement as an African American lawyer. Jenkins discusses some of the nuances of the political climate of the 1960s, and how that influenced SNCC's decision-making process. Jenkins concludes the interview by recalling the three events that he felt he directly affected the course of history.
Contributor Names
Jenkins, Timothy Lionel, 1938- interviewee.
Crosby, Emilye, interviewer.
Bishop, John Melville, videographer.
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Created / Published
2015.
Subject Headings
-  Jenkins, Timothy Lionel,--1938---Interviews
-  Baker, Ella,--1903-1986
-  Doar, John,--1921-2014
-  Johnson, Mordecai W.--(Mordecai Wyatt),--1890-1976
-  Lee, Herbert,--1919-1961
-  Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
-  Freedom Singers (SNCC)
-  Howard University
-  National Conference of Black Lawyers
-  Northern Student Movement
-  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
-  Teaching for Change (Organization)
-  United States National Student Association
-  African American civil rights workers--Interviews
-  African American lawyers--Interviews
-  Civil rights movements--Mississippi
-  Civil rights movements--United States
-  Folk music festivals--Mississippi--Greenwood
-  Folk music festivals--Political aspects--United States
-  Nonviolence--United States
Genre
Personal narratives
Filmed interviews
Interviews
Oral histories
Video recordings
Notes
-  Recorded in Washington, District of Columbia, on December 9, 2015.
-  Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039: 0126), 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.).
-  Timothy Jenkins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 30, 1938, and was raised in a family invested in education. He received full tuition funding from a scholarship to Howard University in 1956. He stayed connected to the university after he graduated through his position as the National Affairs Vice President for the United States National Student Association. This position is also how he got involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He later went to law school at Yale, which was integral to his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. Jenkins' role in the SNCC summer meeting of 1961 was particularly important in deciding to create Freedom Schools. He also attended and helped organize the Greenwood Folk Festival, and other folk festivals. He continues his involvement with law and racial justice.
-  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 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (02:20:40) : digital, sound, color.
transcript 1 item (.pdf) : text files.
Source Collection
Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0126
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_crhp0126
afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0126_ms01
Library of Congress Control Number
2016655417
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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
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LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016655417
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Chicago citation style:

Jenkins, Timothy Lionel, Interviewee, Emilye Crosby, John Melville Bishop, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Timothy Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia. 2015. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016655417/.

APA citation style:

Jenkins, T. L., Crosby, E., Bishop, J. M. & Civil Rights History Project, U. S. (2015) Timothy Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016655417/.

MLA citation style:

Jenkins, Timothy Lionel, Interviewee, et al. Timothy Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia. 2015. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016655417/>.

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