Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
Gertrude Newsome Jackson oral history interview conducted by LaFleur P...
Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights movement in ... More
Robert Bagner Hayling oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosni...
Robert Hayling recalls serving in the air force during World War II, attending the Meharry Dental School, and participating in civil rights protests in Nashville, Tennessee. He remembers starting his dental pra... More
Evans Derrell Hopkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosni...
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,... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Portrait of Walter F. White, Executive Secretary of the NAACP and auth...
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Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany,...
Mary Jones describes her childhood in Albany, Georgia, including the work she did as a child and her memories of school. Jones discusses learning about the Civil Rights Movement by reading the newspaper, and sh... More
Elmer Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seat...
Elmer Dixon discusses his childhood in Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington, where he marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., and heard Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader Stokely Carmich... More
Robert Bagner Hayling oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosni...
Robert Hayling recalls serving in the air force during World War II, attending the Meharry Dental School, and participating in civil rights protests in Nashville, Tennessee. He remembers starting his dental pra... More
Rosie Head oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula,...
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 cheate... More
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and remember... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Aaron Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seat...
Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. Dixon describes in detail his family h... More
Virginia Simms George oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosb...
Virginia Simms George remembers growing up in segregated Newport News, Virginia, attending Virginia Union University, and her desire to become a lawyer. She recalls participating in a protest at Thalhimers depa... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview...
Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending ... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to M... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Phil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in O...
Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the ... More
Founding members of the Niagara Movement
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Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Aaron Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seat...
Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. Dixon describes in detail his family h... More
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons oral history interview conducted by Joseph M...
Summary: Gwendolyn Simmons recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Spelman College. She remembers directing SNCC's voter registration and Freedom School, called t... More
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and remember... More
Phil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in O...
Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the ... More
Mary Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Alban...
Mary Jenkins describes Albany, Georgia, during her childhood and discusses moments when she encountered racial prejudice. She describes her education in all-black schools, her decision to attend Fisk University... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Aaron Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seat...
Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. Dixon describes in detail his family h... More
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and remember... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Frederick Douglass. - Public domain portrait photograph
Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More
Evans Derrell Hopkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosni...
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,... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Barbara Edna Vickers oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Summary: Barbara Vickers recalls growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, working in a shipyard in New York during World War II, and returning to St. Augustine with her husband. She remembers working as a beautici... More
Gloria Claudette Grinnell oral history interview conducted by David P....
Gloria Claudette Grinnell recounts her participation in the sit-in movement in Richmond, Virginia, when she was a student at Virginia Union University. She describes her family's history on the East Coast and e... More
Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview...
Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending ... More
Evans Derrell Hopkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosni...
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,... More
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and remember... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
Johnnie Ruth McCullar oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame ...
Summary: Johnnie Ruth Browner McCullar describes growing up in southwest Georgia, attending segregated schools in Sasser, Georgia, and her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She was a secretary of ... More
Samuel Berry McKinney oral history interview conducted by David P. Cli...
Summary: The Reverend Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, and attending Morehouse College, where he got to know fellow freshman Martin Luther King, Jr. After service in the Army Fli... More
William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier...
William Anderson recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy. He remembers opening his osteopath pract... More
William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier...
William Anderson recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy. He remembers opening his osteopath pract... More
William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier...
William Anderson recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy. He remembers opening his osteopath pract... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Studio portrait of Frederick Douglass Cartes de visite
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D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Dorie Ann Ladner and Joyce Ladner oral history interview conducted by ...
Doris and Joyce Ladner discuss organizing for the March on Washington with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Dorie Ladner recalls her work with SNCC in Natchez, Mississippi, and the murder a... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to M... More
Gertrude Newsome Jackson oral history interview conducted by LaFleur P...
Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights movement in ... More
Rosie Head oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula,...
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 cheate... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Summary: Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for t... More
Founding members of the Niagara Movement
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Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Robert Bagner Hayling oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosni...
Robert Hayling recalls serving in the air force during World War II, attending the Meharry Dental School, and participating in civil rights protests in Nashville, Tennessee. He remembers starting his dental pra... More
Marilyn Luper Hildreth oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Marilyn Hildreth describes growing up in segregated Oklahoma and the leadership of her mother, Clara Luper, in the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group. She recal... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Summary: Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for t... More
Ekwueme Michael Thelwell oral history interview conducted by Emilye Cr...
Summary: Ekueme Michael Thelwell remembers his time as a student activist at Howard University and his experiences with the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline i...
Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, ... More