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
- 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/2016655417
- Additional Metadata Formats
- MARCXML Record
- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
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Format
Contributors
Dates
Locations
Languages
Subjects
- (Mordecai Wyatt)
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Lawyers
- Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
- Baker, Ella
- Civil Rights Movements
- Doar, John
- Filmed Interviews
- Folk Music Festivals
- Freedom Singers (Sncc)
- Greenwood
- Howard University
- Interviews
- Jenkins, Timothy Lionel
- Johnson, Mordecai W.
- Lee, Herbert
- Mississippi
- National Conference of Black Lawyers
- Nonviolence
- Northern Student Movement
- Oral Histories
- Personal Narratives
- Political Aspects
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Teaching for Change (Organization)
- United States
- United States National Student Association
- Video Recordings
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