Into the Bright Sunshine
Author Samuel Freedman explored Hubert Humphrey’s early political career and his advocacy for civil rights at the 1948 Democratic National Convention. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washing…
165 viewsAuthor Samuel Freedman explored Hubert Humphrey’s early political career and his advocacy for civil rights at the 1948 Democratic National Convention. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washing…
165 viewsAuthor H.H. Leonards discussed civil rights activist Rosa Parks during the time she lived in Washington, D.C. The Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University in Alabama hosted this event.
255 viewsJournalist and author Clay Risen discussed President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 civil rights address and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
797 viewsDecember 5, 1955 was the start of the year-long Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. Hear remarks by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. and historian Douglas Brinkley, discussed his book "Ro…
171 viewsThis is an oral history interview with Gloria Grinnell, who talked about participating in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protests during her time as a student at Richmond’s Virginia Union Uni…
462 viewsJames Oscar Jones talked about growing up in rural Arkansas, the influence of his parents' support for civil rights, and his work as the director of the Arkansas Project for the Student Nonv…
266 viewsThomas Gaither talked about attending Claflin College in South Carolina, participating in the desegregation sit-in movement, his work for the Congress of Racial Equality, and helping to orga…
275 viewsJoan Trumpauer Mulholland recalled participating in the 1961 Freedom Rides, attending Tougaloo Colleg,e and serving time at the Mississippi State Penitentiary with other civil rights activis…
1,252 viewsKay Tillow talked about her involvement with the civil rights movement, starting with her participation in the 1963 desegregation sit-ins in Atlanta, Georgia, and her later work to organize …
174 viewsEsther Terry talked about her role in planning and participating in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protests while a student at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. This interview is…
876 viewsCourtland Cox talked about attending Howard University, his involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, participating in the 1963 March on Washington, and serving as the Se…
313 viewsOral histories from Virginia residents on their experiences in Virginia’s schools during segregation and the early years of integration. Professor Brian Daugherity talked about DOVE, the “De…
110 viewsAudrey Hamilton and JoeAnne Ulmer talked about being part of the “St. Augustine Four.” In July 1963, 23 people were arrested after a sit-in at a local Woolworth’s lunch counter. Ms. Hamilton…
766 viewsJunius Williams talked about his life and career, including joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the early 1960s and the fight for equal rights during the Civil Ri…
275 viewsJunius Williams talked about his life and career, including joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the early 1960s and the fight for equal rights during the Civil Ri…
493 viewsSimeon Wright, author of Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till, talked about the kidnap and murder of his cousin, Emmet Till. Mr. Wright was 12 years-old whe…
1,798 viewsFreeman Hrabowski spoke about his participation in the 1963 “Children’s Crusade.” President of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County since 1992, he was a twelve year-old boy living in …
247 viewsMarilyn Hilderth talked about her family’s role in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly the work of her mother, who was the advisor of the Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council and organized …
341 viewsDorothy Cotton talked about the early days of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, her working relationship with Dr. King and the impact of his assassination on the civil rights org…
735 viewsSisters Dorie and Joyce Ladner, who knew and worked with Medgar Evers, spoke about becoming civil rights activists as young women in the early 1960s. Dorie Ladner argued that they were “dete…
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