Videos

Pravina Shukla, author of Costume: Performing Identities Through Dress, discussed the personal motivations and objectives of living history professionals and hobbyists. Using examples from C…

James 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…

Thomas 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…

Joan 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…

Kay 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 …

Gary May talks about the city of Selma, Alabama and its role in the 1965 voting rights fight for African Americans. He also spoke about the movie Selma and some of the historical inaccuracie…

Maria Varela, a former member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), talked about her experiences during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Ms. Varela spoke about how …

Panelists talked about minority activism leading up to the 1968 election as part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “Poor People’s Campaign.” They described how people of different races worked tog…

Panelists talked about multiracial cooperation between civil rights coalition groups in the 1960s and 1970s. The explained how solidarity was fostered between groups such as the Black Panthe…

Audrey 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…

Junius 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…

Junius 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…

Simeon 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…

Freeman 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 …

Marilyn 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 …

Dorothy 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…

Sisters 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…

David and Satoko Ackerman, classmates of Jesse Jackson at the Chicago Theological Seminary in the mid-1960s, talked about their participation in a Selma, Alabama civil rights march. This …

The Reverend Joseph Lowery talked about his life and his involvement in the civil rights movement. He was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He reflected on the ef…

Freeman 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 …