Created by:

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009  Search this

Interviewed by:

Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.  Search this

Subject of:

Robert Hicks, American, 1929 - 2010  Search this

F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997  Search this

Bill Yates, American  Search this

Steve Miller, American  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

Duration: 2 hr., 34 min., 42 sec.

Total: 252.48 GB

Type:

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected:

Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date:

June 4, 2011

Description:

The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.17.1a, 2011.174.17.1b, 2011.174.17.1c, 2011.174.17.1d, 2011.174.17.1e, 2011.174.17.1f, 2011.174.17.1g, 2011.174.17.1h, and 2011.174.17.1i.

The Hicks family remembers their childhood in segregated Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their father, Robert Hicks, a local civil rights leader. They recall leading a children's civil rights march in Bogalusa to protest discrimination at Woolworth's, hosting two white civil rights workers, Bill Yates and Steve Miller, and being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice. THIS INTERVIEW IS CURRENTLY RESTRICTED.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0017

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

American South  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Law  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Social reform  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number:

2011.174.17.1a-i

Restrictions & Rights:

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Civil Rights History Project

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b8460ee5-5cf7-4503-b860-8efa6b939f6e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.174.17.1a-i