Created by:

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009  Search this

Interview of:

Rev. C. T. Vivian, American, 1924 - 2020  Search this

Interviewed by:

Taylor Branch, American, born 1947  Search this

Subject of:

American Baptist Theological Seminary, American, founded 1924  Search this

Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901  Search this

Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963  Search this

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

Duration: 4 hr., 6 min., 19 sec.

Total: 391.9 GB

Type:

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected:

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Peoria, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date:

March 29, 2011

Description:

The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.6.1a, 2011.174.6.1b, 2011.174.6.1c, and 2011.174.6.1d.

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0006

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

American South  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Baptist  Search this

Children  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Prisons  Search this

Religion  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:

2011.174.6.1a-d

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/fd5b878ae59-61d2-44e0-8819-c764eb49a80a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.174.6.1a-d