1964 Mississippi Summer Project Oral Histories, 1994

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Summary

Creator:
Biewen, John, Cavett, Kate, Moses, Robert Parris, Blackwell, Unita, 1933-2019, Bryant, Curtis C., 1917-2007, Cobb, Charles E., Jr., Donaldson, Ivanhoe, Simpson, Euvester, 1945-, Farmer, James, 1920-1999. (Title of work: James Farmer, civil rights leader.), Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-2012, Hayden, Casey, Head, Rosie M., Ladner, Dorie, Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997, Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-, McLemore, Leslie Burl, McAdam, Doug, McAuliff, John, Molpus, Dick, Mondale, Walter F., 1928-, O'Neal, John, 1940-, Robinson, Betty Garman, Watkins, Hollis, 1941-, and Zellner, Bob
Abstract:
Thirty-four audio WAV files made from source digital audio tapes of interviews, primarily with participants in the Mississippi Freedom Project, from volunteers to organization leaders.
Extent:
34 items (WAV audio files)
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11814

Background

Scope and content:

Thirty-four audio WAV files made from source digital audio tapes of interviews, primarily with participants in the Mississippi Freedom Project, from volunteers to organization leaders. The recordings were used for a Minnesota Public Radio documentary entitled "O Freedom Over Me," produced by John Biewen and Kate Cavett in 1994. In addition to interviews documenting the Project, Biewen and Cavett also talked to community leaders, educators, and activists regarding conditions for African Americans in Mississippi thirty years after Freedom Summer.

Biographical / historical:

The Mississippi Freedom Project, also referred to as the Mississippi Summer Project or Freedom Summer, was organized in 1964 by the Council of Federated Organizations, whose member organizations included the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The Project had as a central strategy the recruitment of white college students, many from the North, to help register African American voters in the South while drawing attention of the larger United States to voter suppression based on racial discrimination. The murders of Project volunteers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Mississippi in June galvanized the efforts of Freedom Summer volunteers, whose work helped lead to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Acquisition information:
The 1964 Mississippi Summer Project oral histories were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2020.
Processing information:

Processed by Craig Breaden, March 2020

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2020-0012

Arrangement:

Interviews are arranged alphabetically by interviewee or title of program.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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[Identification of item], 1964 Mississippi Summer Project Oral Histories, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.