Voices of Civil Rights Project collection, 2003-2006

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Collection Summary

Title	Voices of Civil Rights Project collection, 2003-2006
Bulk Dates	2003-2004
Span Dates	2003-2006
Call No.	AFC 2005/015
Creator	AARP (Organization)
Creator	Library of Congress
Creator	History Channel (Television network)
Creator	Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Extent	21,395 items ; 35 containers ; 14 linear feet.
Extent (Manuscripts)	11,200 manuscript items.
Extent (Sound Recordings)	101 sound cassettes : analog.
Extent (Sound Recordings)	28 microcassettes : analog.
Extent (Sound Recordings)	266 sound discs (minidisc) digital ; 2 1/2 inch.
Extent (Sound Recordings)	4 sound discs (CD-R) : digital ; 4 3/4 inch.
Extent (Moving Images)	90 videocassettes (DVCAM) : digital, sound, color, 6.35 mm.
Extent (Moving Images)	193 videocassettes (miniDV) : digital, sound, color, 6.35 mm.
Extent (Moving Images)	19 videocassettes (VHS) : sound, color, 1/2 inch.
Extent (Moving Images)	2 video discs (DVD) : digital, sound, color, 4 3/4 inch.
Extent (Graphic Materials)	approximately 8000 film negatives : color.
Extent (Graphic Materials)	approximately 1492 digital photographs : color, black and white, .jpg, .gif and .tiff files.
Language	Collection material in English and Spanish.
Location	American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af012003
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2012655454
Summary	Collection consists of oral history interviews, sound and video recordings, photographs and manuscript materials documenting memories of the 20th century civil rights movements in the United States, collected by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) from 2003 to 2004 in 48 cities in the South, Midwest and western United States.