Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Civil Rights History Project collection, 2010-2016 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 2010-2016 |
| Call No. | AFC 2010/039 |
| Creator | American Folklife Center |
| Creator | National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) |
| Extent (whole collection) | 1,202 items |
| Extent (oral histories, 139 interviews) | 1,024 video files (HD, Apple ProRes 4:2:2 HQ) : color, sound |
| Extent (oral histories, 6 interviews) | 15 videocassettes (DVCam) : color, sound ; 1/4 in. |
| Extent (manuscripts) | 147 transcripts : digital, pdf |
| Extent (graphic materials) | 16 photographs : color, digital, jpg |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| 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.af013005 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2012655221 |
| Summary | Collection of 145 filmed oral history interviews of 175 participants in the United States civil rights movement and their family members. Also includes interview transcripts and photographs. Collection materials were created by the National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center. The oral histories were conducted by historians Julian Bond, Taylor Branch, David P. Cline, Emilye Crosby, John Dittmer, Will Griffin, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Joseph Mosnier, LaFleur Paysour, Dwandalyn Reece, Patricia Sullivan, and Kieran Walsh Taylor. Most of the interviews were filmed by John Bishop. |
| Online Content | The Civil Rights History Project collection is available on the Library of Congress website at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.afc2010039. The interviews are also accessible through the Library's YouTube site and the National Museum of African American History and Culture website. |