Charles Melvin Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011 June 04.
Sherrod, Charles, 1937- interviewee.
Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer.
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
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Charles Sherrod recalls how he became involved in the Albany Movement in Georgia, recruited local residents, and led marches and protests against segregation.
Recorded in Albany, Georgia, on June 4, 2011.
Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), 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.).
Charles Sherrod was born in 1937 in Surry, Virginia, married Shirley Miller Sherrod in 1966 and had two children. He attended Virginia Union University and Union Theological Seminary, and worked as a community organizer and chaplain.
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.
Finding aid
Sherrod, Charles, 1937---Interviews.
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Interviews.
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany.
Civil rights movements--United States.
Civil Rights History Project collection
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