National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909 Search this
NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936 Search this
Hunter College, American, founded 1870 Search this
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s Search this
Free Southern Theater, American, 1963 - 1980 Search this
Head Start Program, American, founded 1965 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration: 1 hr., 51 min., 5 sec.
Total: 188.48 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
April 26, 2011
Description:
The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.8.1a, 2011.174.8.1b, 2011.174.8.1c, 2011.174.8.1d, 2011.174.8.1e, 2011.174.8.1f, 2011.174.8.1g, and 2011.174.8.1h.
Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She talks about going to an Episcopal church. She recalls her work in African art and dance, and traveling to Albany, Georgia, to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with voter registration. She remembers teaching adult literacy in Mississippi with SNCC, starting the Free Southern Theater, and working for Head Start.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
