Film, Video Reginald Robinson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 11
Reginald Robinson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 11
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Title
- Reginald Robinson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 11
Summary
- Reginald "Reg" Robinson shares his experience of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and how he became known as an "advance man" throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Beginning with his involvement with the student-led Civic Interest Group in Baltimore, Maryland, he discusses how his involvement with the Cambridge Movement led him to becoming a field secretary for SNCC. He recalls how Voter Education Programs and various recruitment activities of SNCC epitomized the rule of "building and growing" and prides himself for remaining committed to ensuring Civil Rights today.
Names
- Robinson, Reginald, 1939- interviewee
- Crosby, Emilye, interviewer
- Bishop, John Melville, videographer
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Created / Published
- 2015.
Headings
- - Robinson, Reginald,--1939---Interviews
- - Baker, Ella,--1903-1986
- - Forman, James,--1928-2005
- - Lee, Herbert,--1919-1961
- - McDew, Charles
- - Moore, Amzie,--1911-1982
- - Nash, Diane,--1938
- - Richardson, Gloria,--1922
- - Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith,--1941-1967
- - Zellner, Bob
- - Nonviolent Action Group (Washington, D.C.)
- - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- - African American civil rights workers--Maryland--Interviews
- - African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Interviews
- - Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Baltimore
- - Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Cambridge
- - Civil rights movements--United States
- - Voter registration--Maryland
- - Voter registration--Mississippi
- - Cambridge (Md.)--Race relations--History
Genre
- Personal narratives
- Filmed interviews
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Video recordings
Notes
- - Recorded in Washington, District of Columbia, on December 11, 2015.
- - Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039: 0130), 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.).
- - Reginald Robinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1939. After leaving high school during the eleventh grade to work, he eventually attended Cortez Peters Business College, where he first got involved in civil rights through the student organization, Civic Interest Group. He quickly became involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1961. Working for SNCC as a field secretary, his duties focused on supporting voter registration in McComb, Mississippi and Cambridge, Maryland. After SNCC, he worked multiple jobs around the country before finally settling in Washington, DC, where he eventually retired in 2001.
- - 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
- 10 video files (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (03:26:30) : digital, sound, color.
- transcript 1 item (.pdf) : text files.
Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0130
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_crhp0130
- afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0130_ms01
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2016655421
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
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- video
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Subject
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- Baker, Ella
- Baltimore
- Cambridge
- Cambridge (Md.)
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Filmed Interviews
- Forman, James
- History
- Interviews
- Lee, Herbert
- Maryland
- McDew, Charles
- Mississippi
- Moore, Amzie
- Nash, Diane
- Nonviolent Action Group (Washington, D.C.)
- Oral Histories
- Personal Narratives
- Race Relations
- Richardson, Gloria
- Robinson, Reginald
- Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- United States
- Video Recordings
- Voter Registration
- Zellner, Bob