Created by:

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009  Search this

Interview of:

David Mercer Ackerman, American, born 1942  Search this

Satoko Ito Ackerman, Japanese American, born 1939  Search this

Interviewed by:

Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.  Search this

Subject of:

Chicago Theological Seminary, American, founded 1855  Search this

Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, born 1941  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

Duration: 1 hr., 1 min., 44 sec.

Total: 103.91 GB

Type:

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected:

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

Place depicted:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Date:

September 20, 2011

Description:

The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.53.1a, 2011.174.53.1b, 2011.174.53.1c, 2011.174.53.1d, 2011.174.53.1e, and 2011.174.53.1f. There is also a photograph and a newspaper clipping that relate to the interview. They are 2011.174.53.3 and 2011.174.53.4.

David and Satoko Ackerman recall meeting at the Chicago Theological Seminary and remember their classmate the Reverend Jesse Jackson urging students to attend the Selma to Montgomery March. They recall traveling to Selma, participating in the march, and their later life in Silver Spring, Maryland.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0053

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

American South  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Education  Search this

Religion  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:

2011.174.53.1a-f

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

Selma to Montgomery Marches

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a874707a-8cc6-4b19-9bd2-8724c6cdb59c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.174.53.1a-f