Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s Search this
United States Department of Justice, American, founded 1870 Search this
Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod, American, born 1937 Search this
New Communities, American, founded 1969 Search this
Federation of Southern Cooperatives, American Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration: 1 hr., 43 min., 44 sec.
Total: 172.51 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
September 15, 2011
Description:
The oral history consists of twelve digital files: 2011.174.50.1a, 2011.174.50.1b, 2011.174.50.1c, 2011.174.50.1d, 2011.174.50.1e, 2011.174.50.1f, 2011.174.50.1g, 2011.174.50.1h, 2011.174.50.1i, 2011.174.50.1j, and 2011.174.50.1k, 2011.174.50.1l.
Shirley Sherrod recalls growing up on a farm in Baker County, Georgia, her father's murder, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She remembers traveling to Washington, D. C., to protest the Justice Department, and the attacks on her husband, the Reverend Charles Sherrod, a civil rights leader in Albany, Georgia. She also discusses starting the New Communities Land Trust and working for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and other organizations to help African American farmers.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
