Created by:

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009  Search this

Interview of:

Courtland Cox, American, born 1941  Search this

Interviewed by:

Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.  Search this

Subject of:

Howard University, American, founded 1867  Search this

Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s  Search this

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

1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964  Search this

Sixth Pan-African Congress, founded 1974  Search this

Pan-African Congress, 1919 - 1994  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

Duration: 1 hr., 43 min., 40 sec.

Total: 171.5 GB

Type:

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected:

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, South America

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa

Date:

July 8, 2011

Description:

The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.30.1a, 2011.174.30.1b, 2011.174.30.1c, 2011.174.30.1d, 2011.174.30.1e, 2011.174.30.1f, 2011.174.30.1g, 2011.174.30.1h, and 2011.174.30.1i.

Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merged with other groups to become the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses the March on Washington, the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, changes in SNCC, and attending the Sixth Pan-African Congress.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0030

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

American South  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Education  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  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:

2011.174.30.1a-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

Pan Africanism

Pan Africanism

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e58da660-8fd3-40b4-a803-6bb22dbe5148

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.174.30.1a-i