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Series 2: Interviews
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Johnnie Ruth McCullar oral
history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, March 9, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Johnnie Ruth McCullar was a
civil rights activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in
Terrell County, Georgia. She also worked as a certified nursing assistant and
paraprofessional teacher. |
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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 the Terrell County Movement and she also participated in sit-ins
and helped to register voters. McCullar reflects on the legacy of the movement,
noting the changes in social and political life that she has witnessed during
her life, but also recognizing present-day challenges. |
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2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (62 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0065_mv01-02 |
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Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (36 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0065_McCullar_transcript |
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Sam Young, Jr., oral history
interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, March 9, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Sam Young, Jr., worked as a
civil rights activist with the Southwest Georgia Project and also as a printer
and farmer. |
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Summary: Samuel J. Young, Jr., describes his
childhood in Worth County, Georgia, during the 1950s. He recalls the racial
violence that he witnessed and heard stories about as a child. After graduating
high school he joined the Southwest Georgia Project. He helped to start a
newspaper for the project and was also involved in the group's initiative to
develop a self-sufficient farm to counteract discrimination against black
farmers. |
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2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (42 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0066_mv01-02 |
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Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (25 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0066_Young_transcript |
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Grace Miller oral history
interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, March 9, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Grace Hall Miller was a
homemaker in Baker County, Georgia. She was a civil rights activist and became
a member of the Baker County Board of Education. |
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Summary: Grace Hall Miller (mother of activist
Shirley Sherrod) describes her childhood in Baker County, Georgia, her
education in segregated schools, her marriage to Hosie Miller, and their early
involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Grace Hall Miller's commitment to the
Baker County Movement grew following the murder of her husband by a white
neighbor in 1965. She describes how her house became headquarters for the local
movement and how the community rallied to support her and her children.
Miller's children were among the black students who integrated white schools,
and because of their experience, she dedicated much of her life to improving
education. |
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5 video files of 5 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (54 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0067_mv01-05 |
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1 transcript (38 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0067_Miller_transcript |
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Louise Broadway oral history
interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, March 9, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Louise Broadway was a civil
rights activist in Baker County, Georgia, and also worked as a doctor's
assistant. |
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Summary: Louise Willingham Broadway shares her
experiences of segregated education in Baker County, Georgia, and she discusses
the lessons that her parents taught her when she was a child. Broadway
describes her experiences as a mother sending her daughter to an all-white
school. She also describes her involvement in the Baker County Movement,
especially her work for a doctor who treated Freedom Riders. |
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2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (34 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0068_mv01-02 |
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1 transcript (21 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0068_Broadway_transcript |
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Mary Jenkins oral history
interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, March 9, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Mary Jenkins was a civil
rights activist in Albany, Georgia. She attended Fisk University and Georgia
State University and worked as a teacher. She is the author of Open Dem Cells: A Pictoral History of the Albany Movement.
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Summary: 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, and her longing to become a teacher. Around the time of
Brown v. Board of Education, she began teaching in Georgia and witnessed
negative reactions of white administrators to the decision. Jenkins describes
her decision to join the Albany Movement, and she shares memories of working
with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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5 video files of 5 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (41 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0069_mv01-05 |
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1 transcript (24 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0069_Jenkins_transcript |
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Mary Jones oral history
interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, March 9, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Mary Jones was a civil rights
activist in Albany, Georgia, and also worked as a teacher. |
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Summary: 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 she describes her children's experiences as they entered white
schools. After she joined the Albany Movement, she helped to register voters,
participated in marches and boycotts, and joined the police committee to
recruit African American police officers. She closes the interview by
discussing the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. |
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2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (52 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0070_mv01-02 |
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Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (34 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0070_Jones_transcript |
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Walter Bruce oral history
interview conducted by John Dittmer in Durant, Mississippi, March 11, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Walter Bruce was a civil
rights activist in Mississippi. He also worked as a carpenter and gospel singer
with the Soul Travelers. |
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Summary: Walter Bruce shares memories of his
childhood in Durant, Mississippi, where his family sharecropped. As a young man
he became a carpenter and also a gospel singer. He describes his early
involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, including his participation in
Mississippi Freedom Summer. Bruce was involved in community and political
organizing throughout the 1960s, from helping to start health clinics and
participating in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to his involvement in
sit-ins and marches. Bruce also discusses the process of choosing and running
black candidates for political office in the 1960s. |
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9 video files of 9 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (85 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0071_mv01-09 |
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1 transcript (50 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0071_Bruce_transcript |
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Euvester Simpson oral history
interview conducted by John Dittmer in Jackson, Mississippi, March 12, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Euvester Simpson attended
Tougaloo College and Millsaps College and was a civil rights activist in
Mississippi with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She
later worked as a legal secretary, program administrator and business
owner. |
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Summary: Euvester Simpson discusses her childhood in
Itta Bena, Mississippi, and she describes her parents' decision to send her to
Racine, Wisconsin, to attend high school because they were fed up with
segregated public schools in Mississippi. For her last year of high school,
Simpson returned to Mississippi, and she became active in the Civil Rights
Movement. She describes attending a citizenship school in Charleston, South
Carolina, going to mass meetings, and being arrested with a group of women,
including Fannie Lou Hamer. She also discusses her involvement in the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Council of Federated
Organizations, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Simpson ends the
interview by discussing the legacy of the movement. |
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7 video files of 7 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (95 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0072_mv01-07 |
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1 transcript (49 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0072_Simpson_transcript |
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Julia Matilda Burns oral
history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, March 13, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Matilda Julia Burns was a
school teacher and civil rights activist in Mississippi. |
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Summary: Julia Matilda Burns describes her
experience in segregated schools in Humphreys County, Mississippi, where she
grew up. After becoming a teacher at Marshall High School in Belzoni,
Mississippi, she began to take notice of the Civil Rights Movement, but her
involvement was limited because she did not want to lose her job. Burns
describes protests by whites against school desegregation in Tchula,
Mississippi, and her experiences as a teacher in Tchula. She also discusses her
successful election for a position on the school board and the work she
accomplished during her tenure. |
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2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0073_mv01-02 |
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1 transcript (40 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0073_Burns_transcript |
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Rosie Head oral history
interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, March 13, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Rosie Head Howze was a civil
rights activist in Mississippi. She worked in many different roles providing
community services for children. |
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Summary: 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. |
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7 video files of 7 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (79 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0074_mv01-07 |
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1 transcript (43 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0074_Head_transcript |
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Robert G. Clark, Jr., oral
history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Pickens, Mississippi, March 13, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: The Honorable Robert G. Clark,
Jr., is one of the many African American politicians who were elected to state
legislatures following the Voting Rights Act of 1964. He was the first black
representative elected to the Mississippi State House since the late 19th
century, the first African American to serve as a committee chair in the
Mississippi House and in 2004, the became the first African American to have a
Mississippi state building named in his honor. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore
from 1992 to 2003, when he retired as the longest serving representative. |
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Summary: Robert G. Clark, Jr., describes the early
life experiences that led up to his successful campaign for political office in
the Mississippi Legislature, where he became the first African American elected
since Reconstruction. He discusses his childhood in Pickens, Mississippi, and
he describes the family farm that he now owns, his relationship to his family,
and the expectations that they had of him to receive an education. Clark
discusses his career as an educator, and he describes how the Civil Rights
Movement influenced him. After a failed campaign for school superintendent he
volunteered to run for state office. Clark describes his experiences in the
Mississippi Legislature, focusing on how he helped to pass the Education Reform
Act. |
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8 video files of 8 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (118 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0075_mv01-08 |
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1 transcript (53 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0075_Clark_transcript |
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H. Jack Geiger oral history
interview conducted by John Dittmer in New York, New York, March 16, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Dr. Jack Geiger became active
in the civil rights movement in the 1950s. He helped black medical students
obtain admission to the University of Chicago. He also established the first
Office of Economic Opportunity health centers in Mound Bayou and Boston. |
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Summary: Dr. Jack Geiger discusses his early life
experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for
Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a
mentor in actor Canada Lee, his college experience at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and his time as a U.S. Merchant Marine. He discusses his
involvement in the Commission for Racial Equality and the American Veterans
Committee in Chicago during the late 1940s. While attending medical school at
Case Western Reserve University, Geiger's interest in community-centered health
grew, especially after a trip to South Africa. He eventually volunteered as a
medical professional in Mississippi, where he helped to establish the
Tufts-Delta Health Center in 1965. |
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10 video files of 10 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ,
QuickTime wrapper) (212 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0076_mv01-10 |
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Manuscripts |
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1 transcript (73 pages) |
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Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0076_Geiger_transcript |
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Ben Caldwell oral history
interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los Angeles, California, April 11, 2013
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Digital content available
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Biographical History: Ben Caldwell was a Vietnam
veteran, artist and filmmaker. He was a member of the L.A. Rebellion and the
founder of the KAOS Network, a community arts center, in Los Angeles,
California. |
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Summary: Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in
the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes
his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him
reflect on racial prejudices in the United States. He began studying art, and
he eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he has been part of a black arts
movement since the 1970s. He discusses the L.A. Rebellion, a collective of
black filmmakers from UCLA, as well as various art projects in which he has
been involved and documentary films he has produced. |
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