04134cgdaa22006257i 4500 18889639 20250607065900.5 cr|||||||||||| 150728s2013 dcu079 o v|eng 18889639 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife kste 2015-04-?? masmit 2019-09-19 masmit 2019-11-22 masmit 2020-02-20 2015669173 (DLC) afc2010039_crhp0074 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC n-us-ms AFC 2010/039: 0074 Head, Rosie M., interviewee. Rosie Head oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013 March 13. 2013. 7 video files of 7 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (79 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (43 pages). two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact. Recorded in Tchula, Mississippi, on March 13, 2013. 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. 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. In English. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 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. Filmed Interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft Dittmer, John, 1939- interviewer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) Tchula (Miss.), event place. Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0074 (DLC) 2012655221 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 afc2010039_crhp0074_mv08 afc2010039 Rosie Head oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013 March 13 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0074 afc2010039_crhp0074_Head_transcript afc2010039text 1 transcript AFCCRHP Electronic Resource