Created by:

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009  Search this

Interview of:

Carrie M. Young, American, born 1948  Search this

Interviewed by:

Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.  Search this

Subject of:

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s  Search this

Myrtle Gonza Glascoe, American, 1936 - 2019  Search this

Bill Hansen, American, born 1939  Search this

Howard Himmelbaum, American  Search this

Black United Youth, American  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

Duration: 2 hr., 5 min., 25 sec.

Total: 205.86 GB

Type:

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected:

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Date:

September 26, 2011

Description:

The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.56.1a, 2011.174.56.1b, 2011.174.56.1c, 2011.174.56.1d, 2011.174.56.1e, 2011.174.56.1f, 2011.174.56.1g, 2011.174.56.1h, and 2011.174.56.1i.

Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including Myrtle Glascoe, Bill Hansen, and Howard Himmelbaum. She remembers registering voters, gathering signatures to overturn a poll tax, and protesting at the Arkansas state capitol. She discusses her marriage to Howard Himmelbaum, suing her employer for discrimination, and working with the group Black United Youth in Little Rock, Arkansas.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0056

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

American South  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Justice  Search this

Labor  Search this

Politics  Search this

Race discrimination  Search this

Social reform  Search this

Suffrage  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Youth  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:

2011.174.56.1a-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/fd57dac9f67-4705-41f7-b01b-102bde958cce

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.174.56.1a-i