Head, Rosie M., interviewee. Dittmer, John, 1939- interviewer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) moving image Filmed Interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft eng Rosie Head describes her early life in Greenwood, Mississippi, where her family lived and worked on a plantation. She discusses how her parents faced racial discrimination in their work and how they were cheated by the plantation owner and then blacklisted. In 1964, Head joined the Civil Rights Movement in Tchula, Mississippi, where her family had relocated. Head recounts the various ways she was involved in the movement: registering voters, working with Freedom Summer volunteers, helping to establish the Child Development Group of Mississippi, and campaigning for black candidates for political office. Recorded in Tchula, Mississippi, on March 13, 2013. 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.). Rosie Head Howze was a civil rights activist in Mississippi. She worked in many different roles providing community services for children. 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 Head, Rosie M.--Interviews. Child Development Group of Mississippi. Mississippi Freedom Project. African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Interviews. Civil rights movements--Mississippi. Civil rights movements--United States. Head Start programs--Mississippi. Voter registration--Mississippi. Civil Rights History Project collection http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0074 Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at