Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Civil Rights History Project collection, 2010-2016
Main title
- Civil Rights History Project collection, 2010-2016.
Published/Produced
- 2010-2016.
Links
Links
- Online presentation https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.afc2010039 opens in a new window
- Related survey and information https://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/ opens in a new window
- Finding aid https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 opens in a new window
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Description
- whole collection 1,202 items
- oral histories (139 interviews) 1,024 video files (HD, Apple ProRes 4:2:2 HQ) : color, sound
- oral histories (6 interviews) 15 videocassettes (DVCam) : color, sound ; 1/4 in.
- manuscripts 147 transcripts : digital, pdf
- graphic materials 16 photographs : color, digital, jpg
Rights advisory
- Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access advisory
- Collection is open for research. For information, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact opens in a new window
Finding aids
- Finding aid is available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress and online http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 opens in a new window
Local shelving no.
- VAS 3429-3443
- AFC 2010/039
Related names
- Abernathy, Donzaleigh, interviewee.
- Abernathy, Juandalynn R., interviewee.
- Abernathy, Ralph David, 1959- interviewee.
- Ackerman, David M., interviewee.
- Ackerman, Satoko Ito, 1939- interviewee.
- Adams-Johnson, Frankye, interviewee.
- Alexander, Roberta, interviewee.
- Anderson, Cynthia Baker, interviewee.
- Anderson, Fletcher, 1938- interviewee.
- Anderson, William G., 1927- interviewee.
- Arellanes, Gloria, 1946- interviewee.
- Avery, Annie Pearl, 1943- interviewee.
- Bailey, D'Army, 1941-2015, interviewee.
- Bassett, Emmett W., 1921- interviewee.
- Bassett, Priscilla, 1928- interviewee.
- Bates, Scott, 1923-2013, interviewee.
- Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley), 1926- interviewee.
- Bennett, Geraldine Crawford, interviewee.
- Blake, Harry, 1934- interviewee.
- Booker, Simeon, 1918-2017, interviewee.
- Branch, Raylawni G., 1941- interviewee.
- Breaux, Toni, 1947- interviewee.
- Broadway, Louise W., 1930- interviewee.
- Brown, Amos C. (Amos Cleophilus), interviewee.
- Brown, Harold K., 1934- interviewee.
- Brown, Robert J., 1935- interviewee.
- Browner, Clifford, interviewee.
- Bruce, Walter, 1928-2014, interviewee.
- Burns, Julia Matilda, 1938- interviewee.
- Burras, Carol Cummings, 1945- interviewee.
- Caldwell, Ben R., interviewee.
- Camarillo, Mateo, 1941- interviewee.
- Carawan, Candie, interviewee.
- Carawan, Guy, interviewee.
- Carlos, John, 1945- interviewee.
- Carter, Robert L., 1917-2012, interviewee.
- Churchville, John Elliott, interviewee.
- Clark, Robert George, 1929- interviewee.
- Cleaver, Kathleen, interviewee.
- Collins, Barbara Maria, 1947- interviewee.
- Connor, Peggy Jean, interviewee.
- Conway, Purcell Maurice, 1948- interviewee.
- Cotton, Dorothy F., 1930-2018, interviewee.
- Cox, Courtland, 1941- interviewee.
- Crosby, David L., 1941- interviewee.
- Crosby, Patricia A., interviewee.
- Dahmer, Ellie J., 1925- interviewee.
- Dahmer, Vernon, Jr., interviewee.
- Derby, Doris Adelaide, interviewee.
- Diamond, Dion T., 1941- interviewee.
- Dixon, Aaron, 1949- interviewee.
- Dixon, Elmer, interviewee.
- Dove, Samuel, 1942- interviewee.
- Dudley, John F., 1933- interviewee.
- Duncan, Gwendolyn Annette, interviewee.
- Finney, Ernest A., Jr. (Ernest Adolphus), 1931-2017, interviewee.
- Fuller, Linda, 1941- interviewee.
- Funchess, Glenda, 1954- interviewee.
- Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938- interviewee.
- Geiger, Jack, 1925- interviewee.
- George, Virginia Simms, 1940- interviewee.
- Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza, interviewee.
- Greenberg, Jack, 1924-2016, interviewee.
- Greene, Freddie, 1945- interviewee.
- Grinnell, Gloria Claudette, 1939- interviewee.
- Guster, Leesco, interviewee.
- Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-2012, interviewee.
- Hamilton, Audrey Nell, interviewee.
- Hayling, Robert Bagner, interviewee.
- Head, Rosie M., interviewee.
- Henderson, Juadine, interviewee.
- Hicks, Charles Ray, 1945- interviewee.
- Hicks, Darryl Robertson, interviewee.
- Hicks, Gregory Vincent, 1950- interviewee.
- Hicks, Robert Lawrence, 1948- interviewee.
- Hicks, Valeria Payton, interviewee.
- Hildreth, Marilyn Luper, 1947- interviewee.
- Hill, Oliver W., 1949- interviewee.
- Holloway, Eddie A., 1952- interviewee.
- Holloway, Emma Kate, interviewee.
- Holloway, Lucius, 1932- interviewee.
- Hopkins, Evans D., 1954- interviewee.
- Howard, Elbert, 1938-2018, interviewee.
- Howell, Embry, interviewee.
- Howell, Joseph T., interviewee.
- Hrabowski, Freeman A., interviewee.
- Huggins, Ericka, interviewee.
- Hutchings, Phil, 1942- interviewee.
- Jackson, Gertrude Newsome, 1923- interviewee.
- Jarmon, Charles, interviewee.
- Jenkins, Mary F., 1928-2014, interviewee.
- Jenkins, Timothy Lionel, 1938- interviewee.
- Jenkins, Willie Elliot, 1952- interviewee.
- Jones, Clarence B., 1931- interviewee.
- Jones, James Oscar, 1943- interviewee.
- Jones, Jamila, 1944- interviewee.
- Jones, Mary A., 1933- interviewee.
- Jones, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1914-2018, interviewee.
- King, Lonnie C., 1936- interviewee.
- Ladner, Dorie, interviewee.
- Ladner, Joyce A., interviewee.
- Lawrence, William M., 1922-2014, interviewee.
- Lawson, Jennifer, 1946- interviewee.
- Leventhal, Willy S. (Willy Siegel), 1946-2016, interviewee.
- Long, Worth W., interviewee.
- Lowery, Joseph E., interviewee.
- Lucy, William, 1933- interviewee.
- Luper, Calvin, 1946- interviewee.
- Magee, Clarence, interviewee.
- Mahone, Sam, 1945- interviewee.
- Marshall, Cecilia, 1928- interviewee.
- McCarty, Michael D., 1950- interviewee.
- McClary, Robert, 1938-2017, interviewee.
- McCullar, Johnnie Ruth, 1940- interviewee.
- McDew, Charles, interviewee.
- McKinney, Samuel Berry, 1926- interviewee.
- McLaurin, Charles, interviewee.
- McNichols, Steven, interviewee.
- Miller, Carolyn, 1953- interviewee.
- Miller, Grace H., 1932- interviewee.
- Miller, James E., 1949- interviewee.
- Moldovan, Alfred, 1921-2013, interviewee.
- Montes, Carlos, 1947- interviewee.
- Moore, E. Maynard, 1938- interviewee.
- Mtume, Norma, interviewee.
- Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer, 1941- interviewee.
- Newson, Moses J., 1927- interviewee.
- Noonan, Martha P., interviewee.
- Parker, Wheeler, 1939- interviewee.
- Patton, Gwendolyn M., 1943- interviewee.
- Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011, interviewee.
- Richardson, Gloria, 1922- interviewee.
- Richardson, Judy, 1944- interviewee.
- Robinson, Betty Garman, interviewee.
- Robinson, Reginald, 1939- interviewee.
- Rosenberg, Jean Voelker, interviewee.
- Rosenberg, John M., 1931- interviewee.
- Roxborough, Mildred Bond, 1926- interviewee.
- Russell, Bill, 1934- interviewee.
- Sales, Ruby, interviewee.
- Saunders, William, 1935- interviewee.
- Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014, interviewee.
- Sellers, Cleveland, 1944- interviewee.
- Sherrod, Charles, 1937- interviewee.
- Sherrod, Shirley, 1948- interviewee.
- Siler, Charles E., interviewee.
- Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah, interviewee.
- Simpson, Euvester, 1945- interviewee.
- Smith, Jeanette, 1940-2018, interviewee.
- Sobol, Anne Buxton, interviewee.
- Sobol, Richard B., interviewee.
- Stewart, Eleanor, 1938- interviewee.
- Strickland, William, 1937- interviewee.
- Suggs, Frances L., 1935- interviewee.
- Suggs, Harold, 1935- interviewee.
- Terry, Esther M. A., 1939- interviewee.
- Thelwell, Michael, interviewee.
- Tillow, Kay, interviewee.
- Tillow, Walter M., 1940- interviewee.
- Todd, Lisa Anderson, 1942- interviewee.
- Tuttle, Rick, interviewee.
- Ulmer, JoeAnn Anderson, interviewee.
- Varela, Maria, 1940- interviewee.
- Vickers, Barbara Edna, 1923- interviewee.
- Vivian, C. T., interviewee.
- Walker, Theresa Ann, interviewee.
- Walker, Wyatt Tee, interviewee.
- Walter, Mildred Pitts, interviewee.
- Williams, Cecil J., 1937- interviewee.
- Williams, Junius W., 1943- interviewee.
- Wright, Simeon, 1942-2017, interviewee.
- Young, Carrie Lamar, 1948- interviewee.
- Young, Sam, 1950- interviewee.
- Zapata, Luis, 1944-2015, interviewee.
- Zellner, Dorothy, interviewee.
- Bishop, John Melville, cinematographer.
- Bond, Julian, 1940-2015, interviewer.
- Branch, Taylor, interviewer.
- Cline, David P., 1969- interviewer.
- Crosby, Emilye, interviewer.
- Dittmer, John, 1939- interviewer.
- Griffin, Willie James, 1974- interviewer.
- Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973- interviewer.
- Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer.
- Paysour, LaFleur, interviewer.
- Reece, Dwandalyn R., interviewer.
- Sullivan, Patricia, 1950- interviewer.
- Taylor, Kieran Walsh, interviewer.
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.), collector.
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), sponsor.
- Library of Congress, sponsor.
- American Folklife Center, sponsor.
- Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress), collector.
- Southern Oral History Program.
Biography/History note
- On May 12, 2009, the U. S. Congress authorized a national initiative by passing The Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-19). The law directs the Library of Congress (LOC) and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to conduct a survey of existing oral history collections with relevance to the Civil Rights movement, and to record new interviews with people who participated in the movement.
Summary
- One hundred and forty-five (145) filmed oral history interviews with 175 participants in the civil rights movement in the United States and related documentation, created by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, 2010-2016. The oral histories were conducted by historians Julian Bond, Taylor Branch, David P. Cline, Emilye Crosby, John Dittmer, Will Griffin, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Joseph Mosnier, LaFleur Paysour, Dwandalyn Reece, Patricia Sullivan, and Kieran Walsh Taylor. Most of the interviews were filmed by John Bishop.
LC Subjects
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
- Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966.
- Daniels, Jonathan Myrick, 1939-1965.
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.
- Forman, James, 1928-2005.
- Grinage, Ben.
- Hamer, Fannie Lou.
- Hansen, Bill, 1939-
- Hicks, Robert, 1929-2010.
- Hicks, Valeria Payton.
- Hildreth, Marilyn Luper, 1947-
- Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972.
- Jenkins, Gayle, -2002.
- Jenkins, Willie Elliot, 1952-
- Kennard, Clyde, 1927-1963.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- Luper, Clara, 1923-2011.
- Moore, William Lewis, 1927-1963.
- Parker, Wheeler, 1939-
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
- Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003.
- Wright, Simeon, 1942-2017.
- Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
- Black Panther Party.
- Black People's Unity Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Bogalusa Voters League.
- Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (Cambridge, Md.)
- Citizenship Education Program.
- Congress of Racial Equality.
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Crown Zellerbach Corporation.
- Deacons for Defense and Justice.
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
- Federation of Southern Cooperatives.
- Free Southern Theater.
- Freedom Singers (SNCC)
- Harambee Singers.
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
- Koinonia Farm.
- Law Students Civil Rights Research Council (U.S.)
- Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (U.S.)
- Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
- Mississippi Freedom Labor Union.
- Mississippi Freedom Project.
- Mississippi Freedom Schools.
- Montgomery Gospel Trio.
- N.S.M Freedom Library.
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Youth Council.
- National Brown Beret Organization.
- Newark Community Union Project (N.J.)
- Nonviolent Action Group (Washington, D.C.)
- Northern Student Movement.
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
- Southwest Georgia Project.
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
- Summer Community Organization and Political Education (Organization)
- United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division--History.
- United States National Student Association.
- Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
- African American athletes--Interviews.
- African American civil rights workers--Interviews.
- African American clergy--Interviews.
- African American college students--Interviews.
- African American college teachers--Interviews.
- African American journalists--Interviews.
- African American judges--Interviews.
- African American lawyers--Interviews.
- African American veterans--Interviews.
- African American women civil rights workers--Interviews.
- Chicano movement.
- Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Saint Augustine.
- Civil rights demonstrations--Louisiana--Bogalusa.
- Civil rights demonstrations--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City.
- Civil rights movements--United States.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Interviews.
- Discrimination in employment--United States.
- Discrimination in medical care--United States.
- Discrimination in public accommodations--United States.
- Folk singers--Interviews.
- Freedom Rides, 1961.
- Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.
- Nonviolence--United States--History--20th century.
- Poor People's Campaign.
- School integration--United States.
- Voter registration--Southern States.
- Women civil rights workers--United States--Interviews.
- United States--Race relations.
Form/Genre
Notes
- In English.
Acquisition source
- Accessioned, 2010-2016.
Cite as
- Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
LCCN
- 2012655221
Geographic area code
- n-us---
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 opens in a new window
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Content type
- two-dimensional moving image video files
- text transcripts
Media type
- computer
- video
Carrier type
- online resource
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
Request in
- American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG31)