Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881 Search this
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s Search this
Jonathan Myrick Daniels, American, 1939 - 1965 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration: 1 hr., 32 min., 9 sec.
Total: 146.88 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Date:
April 25, 2011
Description:
The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.7.1a, 2011.174.7.1b, 2011.174.7.1c, 2011.174.7.1d, 2011.174.7.1e, 2011.174.7.1f, 2011.174.7.1g, 2011.174.7.1h, 2011.174.7.1i, and 2011.174.7.1j.
Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. Her father was a Baptist minister and grew up in a racist and segregated society. Her grandmother was either born into slavery or right after it, and learned to read and write. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to Montgomery March, registering voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, and her arrest in Hayneville, Alabama. She remembers the murder of Jonathan Daniels, a seminary student who saved her life, and discusses her opinions on African American history and the current rate of African Americans in prison.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
