06068cgdaa22008417i 4500 21223317 20250607095355.4 cr c|a|||||||| 191001s2015 dcu096 o v|eng 21223317 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife masmit 2019-10-01 masmit 2019-11-25 2016655420 20151210 DLC eng dacs DLC n-us-ms AFC 2010/039: 0129 Greene, Freddie, 1945- interviewee. Freddie Greene Biddle oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 10. 2015. 6 video files (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (01:36:06) : digital, sound, color. transcript 1 item (.pdf) : text files. text txt rdacontent transcript two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent video files computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact Recorded in Washington, District of Columbia, on December 10, 2015. Freddie Greene was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on February 15, 1945. She discusses how living in a segregated community exposed her to the early efforts of the Civil Rights Movement. She reflects on her decision to leave Greenwood and attend Dillard University in New Orleans in 1962. Feeling disconnected with the movement, she became a participant in the McComb project during Freedom Summer 1964. After returning to school post-Freedom Summer, she decided to leave and joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1965. She discusses her involvement working on voting registration and canvassing, as well as her role of working on the switchboard and in finance in SNCC's Atlanta Office. Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039: 0129), 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.). Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Freddie Greene was born in was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on February 15, 1945 where she experienced firsthand segregation. She attended mass meetings in 1962 when SNCC came to Greenwood, Mississippi and was involved with the organizing efforts for the discontinuation of food being sent to Leflore County. Later on, Greene went to Dillard University in New Orleans where she became involved with Tulane University's Student Group and met Cathy Cage. Greene went to McComb, Mississippi during Freedom Summer 1964 and attended the National Democratic Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She left Dillard University to continue her work with voter registration for African Americans. She was arrested for her demonstration efforts. She later moved to Atlanta, Georgia to work in the SNCC office and was involved with the switchboard and financing. In the summer of 1968, Freddie left SNCC and moved to Washington, D.C, where she started working with the United Neighborhood Youth Program. 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 Greene, Freddie, 1945- Interviews. Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998. Forman, James, 1928-2005. Greene, George, 1943-2018. Heffner, Albert W., Jr. Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith, 1941-1967. Mississippi Freedom Project. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) African American civil rights workers Mississippi Interviews. Black power United States. Bombings Mississippi McComb. Civil rights demonstrations Mississippi Jackson. Civil rights demonstrations Mississippi McComb. Civil rights movements Mississippi. Civil rights movements United States. Folk music festivals Mississippi Greenwood. Folk music festivals Political aspects United States. Segregation in education Mississippi. Voter registration Mississippi. Greenwood (Miss.) Race relations History. Personal narratives. lcgft Filmed interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft Crosby, Emilye, interviewer. Bishop, John Melville, videographer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) Washington (D.C.), event place. Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0129 (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_crhp0129_mv07 afc2010039 Freddie Greene Biddle oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 10 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0129 afc2010039_crhp0129_ms01 afc2010039 1 transcript afc/2010039 AFCCRHP2 AFCCRHP Electronic Resource