Created by:

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009  Search this

Interview of:

Thomas Walter Gaither Ph. D., American, born 1938  Search this

Interviewed by:

Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.  Search this

Subject of:

Claflin University, American, founded 1869  Search this

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this

Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942  Search this

University of Iowa, American, founded 1847  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

Duration: 2 hr., 10 min., 47 sec.

Total: 217.91 GB

Type:

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected:

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Hollywood, Browar County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Date:

September 12, 2011

Description:

The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.43.1a, 2011.174.43.1b, 2011.174.43.1c, 2011.174.43.1d, 2011.174.43.1e, 2011.174.43.1f, 2011.174.43.1g, 2011.174.43.1h, 2011.174.43.1i, and 2011.174.43.1j.

Thomas Gaither, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina, attending Claflin College, and leading the college's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter. He remembers the student sit-ins in Orangeburg, South Carolina, joining the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and being arrested for protesting in Hollywood, Florida. He discusses organizing the Freedom Rides, his belief in nonviolence, and earning his Ph. D. in biology at the University of Iowa.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0043

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

Prisons  Search this

Resistance  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:

2011.174.43.1a-j

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

Freedom Riders

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52e28a9ed-cc75-4c94-97b3-d08082e32a60

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.174.43.1a-j