Hopkins, Evans D., 1954- interviewee. Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) moving image Filmed Interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft eng Evans Hopkins recalls growing up in Danville, Virginia, and participating in efforts to desegregate public schools and the library. He remembers joining the Black Panther Party in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Oakland, California, and working on Bobby Seale's campaign for Mayor of Oakland. He also discusses his imprisonment for car theft and the high rate of incarceration among African American men. Recorded in Richmond, Virginia, on July 7, 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.). Evans Hopkins was born in 1954 in Danville, Virginia, married Ruth Hopkins, and had one son. He attended R.J. Reynolds High School and Winston-Salem State University. He joined the Black Panther Party and worked as a writer. Hopkins is the author of the book, Life After Life: A Story of Rage and Redemption. 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 Hopkins, Evans D., 1954---Interviews. Seale, Bobby, 1936- Black Panther Party. African American civil rights workers--Interviews. African American prisoners--Interviews. Civil rights movements--United States. School integration--Virginia--Danville. Civil Rights History Project collection http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0029 Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at