Created by:

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009  Search this

Interview of:

Cleveland Sellers Ed. D., American, born 1944  Search this

Interviewed by:

John Dittmer Ph. D., American, born 1939  Search this

Subject of:

Vorhees College, American, founded 1897  Search this

NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936  Search this

Howard University, American, founded 1867  Search this

Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s  Search this

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963  Search this

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s  Search this

Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964  Search this

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

Duration: 1 hr., 48 min.

Total: 170.08 GB

Type:

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected:

Denmark, Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

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

Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date:

March 21, 2013

Description:

The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.81.1a, 2011.174.81.1b, 2011.174.81.1c, 2011.174.81.1d, and 2011.174.81.1e.

Cleveland Sellers, Ed. D. shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Denmark, and he describes the group's activities. He discusses his first impressions of Howard University, where he joined the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG). He shares memories of the March on Washington and the role of students in organizing it, his involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and his role in the Mississippi Freedom Project. He also describes the goals of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the tensions that developed within SNCC in the late 1960s.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0081

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

American South  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Education  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Social reform  Search this

Suffrage  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:

2011.174.81.1a-e

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

Mississippi Freedom Summer

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58c4e03ed-c708-49e0-81e8-e7fc331b9049

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.174.81.1a-e