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This section contains stories, oral histories, diaries, interviews, narratives, and remembrances about the author's experiences in the Freedom Movement. In most cases these were written or told in later years.

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Everybody Can Serve  —  Martin Luther King

Affidavits & Depositions Regarding Violence, Repression & Brutality

 
GroupsTitle/Description
Many veteransLighter Moments
Black StudentsTalk About Their Experiences in Desegregated Schools
Multiple veteransThe Freedom Movement Stories We Always Wanted to Tell
Multiple veteransMemories of the First Greensboro Sit-Ins (NC)
Jackson State College studentsGroup interview by Robert Penn Warren 1964
Tougaloo College studentsGroup interview by Robert Penn Warren 1964

Narrator or IntervieweeTitle/Description (Locale/Subject)
UnidentifiedMama, I Got to Do It, I Got To, Mississippi
UnidentifiedA Cup of Coffee (Mississippi)
UnidentifiedThe New Barbarians re Southwest Georgia 1963
Sandra AdickesOral History Interview Mississippi 1999
 History Lessons in Hattiesburg Mississippi
George Albertz Tells His Experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer Mississippi
Barbara Barnes AllenInterview (St. Augustine, FL)
Chude AllenPost Freedom Summer interview 1965
 My Mother and Father Believe Ours Is a Good Country
 Would You Marry One? Mississippi
 Loneliness in the Circle of Trust Mississippi
 Watching the Iris Grow Mississippi
 A 6th Grader Interviews His Grandmother
 An Activist & Freedom School Teacher 2018
 Interview by high school students re Freedom Summer & after. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo
Emma AllenInterview by Joe Sinsheimer re Greenwood, MS
Henry Allen JrSelma student activist
Rueben AndersonOral History Interview Mississippi
William AndersonIn the Beginning — the Albany Civil Rights Movement 2021
 Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re Albany GA Movement, SNCC, Dr. King, & etc. 2011
Video + bio & metadata
James ArmstrongInterview by Kimberly Hill re school integration and the movement in Birmingham AL, 1963-1965
  PDF transcriptAudio + bio metadata
Julie ArmstrongInterview, re Birmingham school integration, by Willoughby Anderson (SOHP), 2005
Thomas ArmstrongOral-History Interview (Freedom Rider & MS)
Anne Pearl Avery Oral History Interview, by Joseph Mosnier, & re SNCC the Albany and AL movement 2011
PDF transcript Video + bio & metadata
David BailinMississippi Summer Project Diary, August 1964
Elaine Delott BakerConnecting With Courage: Connecting With Community
Ella BakerInterview Excerpts, Emily Stoper. 1966
 Ella Baker 1967
 Oral History/Interview 1968
 Interview With Ella Jo Baker by Clay Carson 1972
 Interview by Eugene Walker 1974 (100 pages, mostly about SCLC) PDF version
 Oral-History Interview by Sue Thrasher 1977
Quenton E. BakerOral-History Interview (Chapel Hill NC)
Marion Barry Interview, by Clay Carson. 1972
 Interview by "JM," 1965
Daisy BatesOral History/Interview (Little Rock, AR)
Frank BatesInterview re SCLC, Taliaferro Co. GA & Crawfordsville. 1965
  PDF transcriptVideo + metadata
Fred BattleOral History Interview (Chapel Hill, Greensboro, NC)
Randy BattleThe Great Pool Jump.. (Albany, GA)
 Grocers and Groceries; Charlie Ware; and 'Gator Johnson Georgia
 Driving for Attorney C.B. King Georgia
 Memories of Stokely Carmichael Georgia
 An Education; A Memory of Stokely Georgia
 A Dispute over a Bull Georgia
Hunter BearOral History (MS & NC)
(John Salter)A Magnolia Tale Mississippi
 Black-Belt Thunder (NC & SCEF)
 Bertie County, NC: Taking the 1700s into the 20th Century
Fay Bellamy Powell Interview [video only]
"Arkansas" BenstonFreedom To Freedom Alabama
James BevelInterview for Eyes on the Prize (Birmingham & Selma)
Freddie Greene Biddle Interview by Emilye Crosby, re SNCC & the Mississippi movement. 2015
Video + bio & metadata
Stephen Bingham Different Types of Unsung Heroes Mississippi
 A WASP in the Movement 2018
Charles BlackInterview by Greg Ivers re Atlanta Student Movement and Atlanta Inquirer. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
Unita BlackwellFix It for Free (About Muriel Tillinghast in MS)
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize
Ed BlakenheimInterview (Freedom Ride)
Sam BlockInterview by Joe Sinsheimer re Greenwood, MS
 Interview by Max Krochmal re SNCC and the movement in MS.
  PDF transcriptAudio + bio metadata
Willie Bolden Interview [video only]
Julian Bond Interview Excerpts 1966-67
 Oral History 1999
Charles Bonner Oral History/Interview 2005 (Selma, AL)
 The First Sit-in & Birth of the Selma Movement,1963
 The Killing of Jonathan Daniels 2020
Heather Tobis BoothInterview
 Memories From Shaw, Especially of the Hawkins Family
 Interview by Gregg Ivers re Freedom Summer and later activity. 2019.
  PDF transcriptVideo + bio & metadata
Harry BowieOral History Interview Mississippi
 Oral History Interview, interviewed by Jack Bass & Walter De Vries 1974 (Audio only).
Stanley BoydInterview by Jennifer Donnally and Max Krochmal (SOHP re SNCC). 2010
  PDF transcriptAudio + bio & metadata
Harry Boyte My story of the KKK, Martin Luther King, and Populist Politics (FL)
Raylawni Branch Interview by Emilye Crosby re MS & the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
Cole (Ron) BridgeforthStarkville & Oktibbeha County Mississippi
 Interview by Brotherhood of Elders Network, 2021
  TranscriptVideo
 To be Worthy of the Trust 2018
 We Were Not Alone 2022  Audio
Ellen Broms"High Yellow" (Freedom Ride)
Amos C. Brown Interview by David Cline, re NAACP & Jackson MS movement 2013
Video + bio & metadata
H. Rap BrownInterview, Robert Allen, National Guardian 1968
Luvaghn BrownInterview by Paul T. Murray (Mississippi)
Johnnie Ruth BrownerInterview by Hasan Jeffries (Albany GA) 2013
Joan Browning Religion and Joining SNCC
Walter Bruce Interview by John Dittmer, re Mississippi movement & Freedom Summer 2011
Video + bio & metadata
C.C. BryantInterview by Joe Sinsheimer re McComb, MS
 Panel Discussion, with Bob Moses re McComb MS. 1986
Peter Buck Transcript of 1965 Journal (SCOPE, AL)
Larry Butler Diary of an Alabama SCOPE Volunteer Alabama
Cathy Cade My Family, the Movement, and Me (Albany, GA)
 My First Demonstration, Atlanta, 1962
 Not the End 2018
Gordon CareyInterview: CORE, the Sit-ins and Freedom Rides
Rev. Joe CarterInterview re Registering to vote in Louisiana
Raphael Cassimere Interview (New Orleans)
Oscar ChaseMississippi Summer: 1963 to February 1964: A Memory
Benjamin Muhammad ChavisInterview, by Kiernan Taylor, SOHP. 2/3/06. Audio
Robert Clark Interview by John Dittmer, re Mississippi & election
Video + bio & metadata
Septima ClarkInterview by Robert Penn Warren
 Oral History Interview: Part 1 1976 (NAACP, SCLC)
 Oral History Interview: Part 2 1976 (SCLC, King)
 Dismissal (SC)
Kathleen Neal Cleaver Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re SNCC and the movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
U.W. ClemmonInterview (Birmingham civil rights lawyer), 2004
Ken ClokeMy Memories of the Civil Rights Movement, 2023
Charleana CobbInterview re Mississippi Movement and Freedom Summer, by Gloria Xifara Clark Mississippi. 1995
Charlie Cobb Oral History
 Black Politics and the Establishment: (Interview)
 Interview, re post-SNCC activities. 2015
 Interview by Greg Ivers re SNCC. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
Woodrow ColemanInterview, by David Cline, SOHP. 2010. About SNCC, CORE, N-VAC in Los Angeles CA.
Lester ColesInterview by Joe Sinsheimer re Fredom Summer MS
Rev. Clint CollierOral History Interview Mississippi
Peggy Jean Connor Interview by Emilye Crosby, re Mississippi, COFO, MFDP, and NAACP 2015
Video + bio & metadata
George ConwayA Matter of Honor (St. Augustine, FL)
Fatima Cortez-Todd Honoring Our Ancestors, Honoring Ourselves
 Interview
Dorothy Cotton Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re Dr. King, SCLC, Citizenship Schools, & the movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Macarthur CottonOral History Interview Mississippi
Courtland CoxA Perspective on the Marion Barry Administration (Washington DC)
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize
 Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re NAG, SNCC, the movement & 6th Pan-African Congress 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Connie Curry Thoughts & Memories on Returning the South Carolina
  Interview [video only]
Pat CusickOral History (Chapel Hill, NC)
George Davis Interview Alabama
William (Bill) Day From Kansas to Mississippi
David "Dave" DennisOral-history interview, by John Dittmer 1983
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize Mississippi
 Interview by Greg Ivers re CORE & COFO. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
Doris DerbyInterview by Max Krochmal, SOHP re SNCC, GA, MS, etc. 2010. Bio & metadata
 Oral History Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re SNCC, Albany GA, Free Southern Theater, Poor Peoples Corporation, & etc. 2011. Video + bio & metadata
Annie Devine Oral history 1966 (Canton, MS)
Dion DiamondInterview by David Cline, re Freedom Rides, Louisiana, Mississippi 2015
Video + bio & metadata
 Interview by Greg Ivers re NAG & SNCC. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
Morris Dillard Interview [video only]
Ivanhoe DonaldsonOral History 1966
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize (MS & AL) 1979
 Oral History Interview about SNCC and Mississippi 2003
L.C. DorseyOral History Interview Mississippi
Viola Johnson DouglasSelma student activist, Alabama
Lydia Douglas Interview [video only]
William Douthard I'll Never Forget Alabama Law (Gadsden, AL)
George DriesenA Volunteer for Justice: Working for Civil Rights in Louisiana, 1966
David Dukes I Have Never Lived in America (Madison Co. FL)
Karen DuncanwoodRemembrances of Mississippi Summer 1964
Arlene DunnInterview, re Arkansas SNCC and anti-racism work with whites in the North with PAR, by Karlyn Foner, 2010.  Audio
 My Arkansas Journey
Virginia DurrOral History Interview, interviewed by John Egerton. 1990 (Audio recording)
Pete EikenberryMississippi Postscript (re Grenada MS)
 I Was a Civil Rights Lawyer in Mississippi 2009
Lolis ElieComments re Race, Race Consciousness & Black Muslims
Dwain Epps SFTS Students & Black Voting Rights in Wilcox Co. AL
Myrlie EversEyes on the Prize Interview Mississippi
Gail Falk Remembering Freedom Summer Mississippi
James FarmerInterview for Eyes on the Prize (Freedom Rides)
 Research interview by Robert Penn Warren
Kathryn FentressA Journey of the Spirit (St. Augustine, FL)
Ralph Fertig The Making of a Freedom Rider (Chicago & Selma)
Frank FiggersOral History Interview Mississippi
Bettie Mae FikesOral History/Interview (Selma, AL)
Rev. David ForbesInterview, re Raligh sit-ins, SNCC founding, by Dwana Waugh (SOHP), 2010
Jim FormanSome Random Notes From the Leflore County Jail, 1963 Mississippi
 A Band of Brothers, A Circle of Trust (Atlanta), 1964
 Interview by Robert Penn Warren 1964
 Interview by "JM," 1965
 SNCC, Voter Registration & the Consequences 1988
Barney FrankInterview re Freedom Summer Mississippi, by Joe Sinsheimer 1983
[Freedom Summer]Remembrances of Freedom Summer 1964 Mississippi
Jo Freeman Viewing Rosa Parks
Hardy Frye Narrative (MS & AL)
 Everyone Was a Leader Mississippi
 The People Were Great Mississippi
 Memories and Tributes by Family & Friends, June 2021
Gloria Harvey FulwiderSelma student activist
Glenda Funchess Interview by Emilye Crosby, re Hattiesburg Mississippi and the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
Bobby Fuse Oral History Interview (Americus, GA)
Tom GaitherOral History Interview (CORE)
Betty Garman see Betty Garman Robinson
Jimmy GarrettLessons Mississippi
 From the Streets of L.A.. 2018
 Interview by high school students re SNCC. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo
Joanne GavinAnswers to Jon Hale's Freedom School Questionnaire 2008
 The Moon in Alabama is Big and Yellow Alabama
Jack GeigerInterview by John Dittmer, re Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Maria Gitin Story From Wilcox County, Alabama Alabama
 Sim Pettway, Student Civil Rights Leader, 1965 Alabama
Myrtle GlascoeInterview, by Dwandalyn Reece, 2010
Miriam Glickman Oral History 2012
 Our Mississippi Dilemma Mississippi
 Interview Excerpts 1966
 Integration in the Deep South: Death Goes On, 1963
 Vietnam War Protest, 1965 (DC)
 A Jewish Woman in the Movement 2018
 The Ties That Bind, video interview with Marsha Joyner 2018 [Video ]
Lynn GoldbergDiary of a Young Civil Rights Worker (SC)
Heather GrayA Month of Infamy 38 Years Ago Mississippi
Victoria GrayInterview by Joe Sinsheimer re Hattiesburg, MS 1987
 Turning Points in the Life of a Christian Activist Mississippi
Stephen Green Freedom Rider Diary - 40 Years Later (Freedom Rides)
Greene familyInterview re Greenwood MS, by Clayborne Carson 1978
Dick GregoryInterview re Chaney-Schwerner-Goodman Lynching Mississippi
 Dick Gregory, An Interview 22 pages), 1967
Ira GrupperOral-History Interview by Sarah Thusen, 2006 77-pages (MS & KY)
 The Fairgrounds Motel (Jackson, MS) 1965
Lawrence Guyot Testimony for MFDP Congressional Challenge Mississippi
 Oral history 1966
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize 1979
 Interview by Joe Sinsheimer re SNCC & MS movement 1999
 Interview 2012
Carol Hallstrom see Carol Rogoff
Linda HalpernThe Shooting of Silas McGhee (Greenwood, MS)
 Stokely and Freedom Summer 2018
 Interview by high school students re Freedom Summer in Greenwood MS. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo
Fannie Lou HamerInterview: Winona, Mississippi, 1963 Mississippi
 Testimony at Democratic Convention, 1964
 Interview: Life in Mississippi 1965
 Oral History, interview by the Romaines 1966
Hamilton & UlmerInterview re St. Augustine Movement
Bill Hansen Arkansas SNCC field reports, Arkansas Historical Quarterly 1962
Sandra HardStatement about Freedom Summer, MS
Robert Hargreaves Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 Mississippi
John P. Harper At the Center of a Storm: My Involvement in the CRM (DC, MD)
Rick Harper &
 Ralph Tyler
A Long Hot Summer (re Alabama 1966), Illinois Alum 2012
Don HarrisOral History (SW GA)
Jesse HarrisInterview, by "JM" 1965 Mississippi
Bruce HartfordOral History, by Shiela Michaels 2002
 Interview, by Kiernan Taylor 2002
 Albert Turner & the Rocking Chair Alabama 2010
 Interview by Will Griffin SOHP, 2010. [Audio only]
 Interview: Alabama & Mississippi 2012
 Radical Democracy Interview 2016
 Lika a Runaway Slave, Selma Alabama 2019
 Schooled by a Mound of Dead Roaches, a Selma story 2019
 Jim Clark and the Commie Kike, a Selma story 2019
 Interview by high school students re CORE & SCLC, Alabama & Mississippi. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo
 Stood Here Before, 2022
David HartsoughNonviolent Sit-In, Arlington VA, (VA) 1960
Rev. Dean Hay Hattiesburg Diary Mississippi 1964
Casey Hayden Roots of Feminism in the Redemptive Community
Robert HaylingInterview re St. Augustine Movement (FL)
  Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re St. Augustine FL, SCLC, & the movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Janet Heinritz-Canterbury From Appleton to Gee's Bend (MS, AL)
Marion Helland Freedom School, Voter Registration, Marches (AL, MS)
Aaron HenryInterview by Robert Penn Warren, Mississippi Feb. 1964
 Notes on conversation with Aaron Henry, Jerry DeMuth, 1964
 Interview by "JM", 1965
 Interview, 1974
Mrs. Aaron HenryInterview by Jerry DeMuth, 1964. MS)
Alan McSurleyOral-History Interview —  Audio 
Margaret HerringNarrative (Lauren McSureley)
 Interview by Timothy Tyson (SOHP re SNCC, MS, SCLC, etc). 2010
  PDF transcriptAudio + bio & metadata
Jeanine HerronInterview by high school students re Mississippi. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo
John Herz My Two Weeks as a Civil Rights Lawyer in Mississippi, July 1964
Hicks familyInterview by Joseph Mosnier re CORE, Deacons of Defense, & Bogalusa LA movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Robert HicksInterview by Mimi Feingold, 1967. Re Bogalusa LA
Bill HiggsInteview, by "JM" 1965. Mississippi
Hattie Hill (17)Interview by Mimi Feingold, 1967. Re Bogalusa LA
Jesse Hill Interview [video only]
Yvonne Hilton Responses to Interview Questions .. (Baltimore & Black Power)
Faith HolsaertInterview re SW Georgia 1991
 Letter re Movement experience 1991
 Oral history interview re Cambridge MD & SW Georgia, with Jean Smith-Young 1993
 Oral history interview, re Cambridge MD & SW Georgia 1994
 Interview by high school students re Cambridge MD & SW Georgia 2012
Len HoltEyewitness: The Police Terror at Birmingham Alabama
Stu House "Inciting to Riot" in Selma Alabama
 Selma, Lord, Selma — Young Heroes: Sheyann and Rachel (Selma AL)
Ellis HowardInterview by Mimi Feingold re Jonesboro LA. 1967
  TranscriptAudio
Terry V. HowardSCLC and Me, power-point presentation about the movement in Taliaferro Co. Georgia
Rodney L. Hurst It was never about a hot dog and a Coke!  (FL)
Phil Hutchings Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re NAG, SNCC, & the movement 2011
Gwendolyn Iles-Foster Interview (Atlanta, GA)
John JacksonRemembrance of Lowndes County, Alabama Alabama
Elmo JacobsInterview re Jonesboro LA  Audio
Don JelinekInterview re Mississippi movement and legal work, by Rachel Reinhard, Mississippi 2004
 Oral History, re Misissippi & Alabama 2005
 The Two Cows, a Mississippi story
Jenkins familyInterview by Joseph Mosnier, re Bogalusa LA Movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Gayle JenkinsInterview by Mimi Feingold (Bogalusa, LA) 1967
Timothy L. Jenkins Interview, by "JM," 1965
 Interview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC and the movement 2015
PDF version  Video + bio & metadata
Richard JewettBeating of CORE Worker, (Jackson MS)
Lucy JohnsThe SNCC Support Statement, 1963/2014
Annie JohnsonInterview re Jonesboro LA  Audio
Rev. Aaron JohnsonInterviewed by Joe Sinsheimer re Greenwood 1985
Cheryl Janice JohnsonTrailblazer: Desegregating South Panola High School (MS)
Clarence L. Johnson Reflections on Growing Up in Greenwood .. Mississippi
Frankye A JohnsonInterview — Daughter of a Sharecropper Mississippi
 Interview by Emilye Crosby re Mississippi Movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
June JohnsonGrowing Up in Mississippi Mississippi
 The Person Who Influenced Me Most (re Bob Moses)
 Interview by Joe Sinsheimer re Greenwood Movement 1987
C.J. JonesOral History Interview (AL, MS)
Clarence B. JonesInterview by David Cline, re Dr. King & SCLC 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Ever Jones-AllenTime For a Change: My Story of Freedom Summer, Panola Co. 2022 (MS)
James Oscar JonesInterview by Joseph Mosnier re Little Rock school desegregation, SNCC, & Arkansas movement. 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Jamila JonesInterview by Joseph Mosnier re Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, & freedom songs 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Marsha Joyner Interview: Baltimore MD
James KatesJune & August, 1964 Mississippi
Rep. Kastenmeier (D-WI)Interview by Anne Romaine re MDFP & Democratic Party. 1966
Abdul Aziz Khaalis Journey To Prison (Freedom Rides)
Lanny Kaufer UCSB SCOPE Project 1965 (Sussex County, VA)
 SCOPE Project Success Story (VA)
Peter Kellman Freedom Movement Memories Alabama
Rev. Ed KingOral History, re Mississippi 1966
 Interview by Joe Sinsheimer re MFDP 1987
Lonnie KingOral History Georgia 64-page transcript
 Atlanta Student Movement Timeline
 Remembering the Atlanta Student Movement of 1960
 Interview 2005 [video only]
 Interview, by Emilye Crosby, re Atlanta movement & SNCC 2013
Video + bio & metadata
 Interview by Gregg Ivers re Atlanta Student Movement and sit-ins. 2018
  PDF transcriptVideo + bio & metadata
Martin Luther King Interview by Robert Penn Warren 1964
 Interview, Playboy 1965
Mary KingOral History Interview, interviewed by Sara Boyte 1973
 SNCC: Born of the Sit-Ins, Dedicated to Action 1988
 1964 Revisited: Mt. Zion and the Ongoing Struggle Against Injustice 2021
Adam Kline Greenwood, Mississippi Mississippi
Jerry Von Korff Information about my experience as a Civil Rights worker in the 1960's Mississippi
Karin KunstlerOral History Interview Mississippi 2003
Marion Kwan Oral History Interview Mississippi
 Daily Log, Hattiesburg MS. Summer 1966
 From Chinatown to Mississippi 2018
 They Hadn't Counted On Me Comin' Mississippi
 Fighting for Civil Rights in Hattiesburg, MS in 1965 Mississippi
Sherie Labedis Fireball in the Night (SC)
 Journal Excerpts, SCLC/SCOPE (SC)
 Rebecca Crawford: A Line in the Sand (SC)
Dorie Ladner I Just Had a Fire! oral-history interview 2013?
Dorie & Joyce LadnerInterview by Joseph Mosnier, re SNCC & Mississippi movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Joyce LadnerThe March on Washington
 Remembrance of Women in the Freedom Movement 1988
 Interview re Hattiesburg & Mississippi Movement. 1987
 Interview by Greg Ivers re SNCC, Hattiesburg. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
Bernard LafayetteRemembrance of Selma Alabama — 1963
Candida Lall Wouldn't Take Nothing for my Journey Now (Freedom Rides)
 Killing Sisyphus (Freedom Rides)
Roslyn Garfield Lang A Baltimore Girl Sits-In
Rev. James LawsonInterview by Robert Penn Warren 1964
 Interview re Early Involvement in the Movement 1983
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize re Nashville & Nonviolence 1985
Jennifer LawsonInterview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC & the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
 Interview by Greg Ivers re SNCC, Alabama, Lowndes Co.. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
Charles Leck Riding on the Spirit of New Orleans Mississippi
Sandy Leigh Oral history 1966
Eric LernerSelma Interview Alabama
Willy Leventhal Interview by David Cline, re SCOPE, SCLC, & the movement 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Mark Levy I'm Still Arguing With My Mother (MS) Freedom Summer
John LewisOral History/Interview, by Emily Stoper 1967
 Interview/Oral-History, by Bass & Devries 1973
Lillie and AliceTestimony of two teenagers jailed in Jackson, June 14 1965
Rufus LewisInterview: Montgomery Bus Boycott Alabama
Bernice LillySelma student activist, Alabama
Peter de Lissovoy Albany GA in 1963 (Southwest GA)
 "Outside Agitator" and Other Terms of the Times Georgia
 A Confrontation Georgia
 Remembering C. B. King's Campaign for Congress Georgia
 Hunger Strike, Albany, Georgia, 1963
Marilyn LoewenOral History Interview Mississippi
Gloria LogsdonSummary of interview by Dr. Edith M. Freeman. 2014 (MO)
John Logsdon Columbia's CORE, Missouri, 1963
Worth LongInterview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC & religion in the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
Al LowensteinInterview by JM, November 1965
 Oral History, Mississippi 1967
 Interview 1977
Joseph LoweryInterview by Joseph Mosnier, re SCLC, NAACP, & the movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Ralph Luker Interview [video only]
Staughton & Alice LyndInterview by Joe Sinsheimer re Freedom Summer & SNCC 1987
Clarence Magee Interview by Emilye Crosby re Hattiesburg MS & the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
Sam Mahone Interview, by Hasan Jeffries (Albany GA) 2013
Larry MamiyaSNCC, SIM, and the Southwest Georgia Project Georgia
William M. Mandel Execution in Virginia, 1951
Bob MantsDon't Stick Your Nose in Other Folks Business re Georgia & Alabama 1988
[March on Washington]Memories of the March on Washington (DC)
Jacqueline Byrd MartinInterview by high school students re McComb MS student movement. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo + bio & metadata
Betita MartinezLiz is Betita: A SNCC Memory 2010
Gwendolyn MatthewsOral History (School integrator)
McCain & KhazanInterview re Greensboro Sit-In (NC)
McComb MS activistsGroup Interview, by Joe Sinsheimer 1983
Johnnie Ruth McCullar Interview by Hasan Kwame Jeffries, re Terrell Co, GA movement 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Mrs.Classie McCulloughHow I Learned About Freedom to Vote Mississippi
Charles McDew Remembrances of SNCC), 1988
 Returning to the South South Carolina 2003
 Interview by Joseph Mosniew re SNCC, South Carolina, Mississippi & the movement 2011
Video & + bio & metadata
Joe McDomickRegistering to Vote in Louisiana
John McFerrenTestimony: The Fight for the Vote Fayette County, 1960
Silas McGheeInterview re Greenwood & Mississippi Movements 1987
Lillian McGill Interview, by Jennifer Lawson & Courtland Cox, re Lowndes County Alabama movement
Phil McKennaSCOPE — the Summer of 1965 (VA)
Floyd McKissickInterview North Carolina 1973
 Interview, re Desegregating UNC, North Carolina 1989
Charles McLaurin To Overcome Fear, re Sunflower County MS in 1962 (undated possibly 1967)
 Interview About Freedom Summer Mississippi 2014
 Interview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC & the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
Leslie Burl McLemoreOral History Interview, by Pete Daniel, SOHP. 1984. About Mississippi movement
 Oral History Interview, by Pete Daniel, SOHP. 1997. About Mississippi movement & SNCC)
Steven McNichols Interview by David Cline, re Freedom Rides, NSA, Delta Ministry, & MFDP 2013
Video + bio & metadata
William MerrittSelma student activist Alabama
Sheila Michaels Oral History/Interview 1999
 Sitting-In on Attorney General Robert Kennedy (DC)
 Pat Smith and Frank Nelson Wed
 Them There Eyes Mississippi
 How I Became An Oral Historian
Grace MillerInterview by Will Griffin, re the movement in Baker Co. Georgia 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Mike MillerOral History Interview, by Sheila Michaels 1999
 The Agitator Mississippi
 Interview by high school students re SNCC. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo + bio & metadata
Claire MilliganOral History Interviews by Bruce Hartford: Session #1 ~ Session #2 Feb & March 2023
Jack Minnis Selected Entries From the Diary of Jack Minnis, SNCC)
Alfred MoldovanInterview, re MCHR, Mississippi & Selma. 2011
Amzie Moore Farewell to the N-Double-A Mississippi
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize Mississippi
Marcia Moore Freedom Summer, My Parents, and Me
James MooreInterviewed by Joe Sinsheimer re Greenwood 1985
Mary MooreInterview (Birmingham)
John C. Morris Interview re the Movement in Batesville MS. By Cheryl Johnson
Audio Recording
Richard MorrisroeHope, Action, Change: 50 Years of Memories Alabama
Bob MosesOral history by "JM" 1963 Mississippi
 Narrative transcript from June 20, 1963 [incomplete]
 Interview by Robert Penn Warren 1964
 Oral history, by Anne Romaine 1966
 Interview by Clayborne Carson 1982
 Interview by John Dittmer 1983
 Interview by Joe Sinsheimer 1984
 Interview by Joe Sinsheimer re 1963 Freedom Ballot in MS)
 Interview, by Joe Sinsheimer re SNCC field work. Mississippi 1984
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize 1986
 Panel Discussion, with C.C. Bryant re McComb Mississippi 1986
 Interview by Greg Ivers re Mississippi. 2018
  PDF transcriptVideo
Moses & MurphyInterview by Robert Penn Warren 1964
Daphne MuseA SNCC Education 2018
Bernice Savage MutukuSelma student activist, 1963-65 Alabama
Diane NashInterview for Eyes on the Prize 1985
 The Beloved Community & Philosophy of Nonviolence
Ed Nakawatase Interview by Greg Ivers re SNCC. 2019
   PDF transcript TBD  Video
Peter Nemenyi Oral History
John NewmanCanton Arrest 3/21/64 Mississippi
Martin Nicolaus Mississippi Winter 1964-65 (Jackson & Issaquena Co.)
E.D. NixonInterview for Eyes on the Prize (Montgomery Bus Boycott)
Martha Prescod NoonanInterview by John Dittmer, re SNCC in Albany and elsewhere 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Silas NormanRemembrance of SNCC, Selma, and Alabama
Fran O'Brien Faith and Activism Mississippi
Gregory Orr Return to Hayneville (MS & AL)
Hazel PalmerInterview, by Joe Sinsheimer re Jackson & Mississippi movement. 1985
Johnny Parham Interview [video only]
Penny PatchInterview by David Kline re SNCC in GA & MS. 1963-1965
  PDF transcriptAudio + bio metadata
Gwen Patton Insurgent Memories (Tuskegee, AL)
 Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re Tuskeegee & Montgomery movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Delores Miller ParksIn Her Own Words (St. Augustine, FL)
Rosa Parks,Interview for Eyes on the Prize (Montgomery)
 Inteview by Don Jelinek (Montgomery)
Bruce PayneInterview re Freedom Vote campaign. Mississippi 1983
 Interview, by Joe Sinsheimer, re Freedom Summer volunteers. Mississippi 1983
Wazir Peacock Oral History interview by Bruce Hartford re Mississippi & Alabama 2001
 Freedom Summer interview by Bruce Hartford 2014
 Interview by Joe Sinsheimer re SNCC in MS 1985
 Fighting for Freedom in the Mississippi Delta
 Stand for Freedom.. 1:23 minute YouTube video
Jim PeckEyes on the Prize Interview (Freedom Rides)
Perdew & BattleEvents in Dawson and Americus, Georgia 2005
 Americus, GA: Sheriff Fred Chapell and "Slappy"
Charles Person Interview (GA & Freedom Rides)
Jane (J.J.) Phillips Night Train to Raleigh: Summer 1962 (NC)
Mattie PilcherInterview by Joe Sinsheimer, re race relations. Mississippi 1963
Pike County AL volsJournal, SCOPE Project, summer 1965
General Larry Platt My Story (Atlanta, GA)
Carol PoeInterview by Willoughby Anderson (SOHP) re Birmingham marches and school integrator in 1963
Peggy Ryan Poole SCOPE in Sussex County VA, 1965. 2018
Annell PonderCitizenship Education in the "Heart of the Iceberg Mississippi 1963
Portia Harden Potts Interview [video only]
Joseph RauhInterview by Anne Romaine re MFDP Convention Challenge
Mimi Feingold RealInterview (Freedom Rides, Louisiana)
 Interview with Ron Bridgeforth 2018
 Interview by high school students re CORE, Freedom Rides & Louisiana. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo
Meg ReddenFreedom Summer ~ A Memoir (LA)
Rev. Fredrick ReeseInterview for Eyes on the Prize (Selma, AL)
Shirley Green-ReeseHidden Behind Bars — 52 Year Ago Georgia
Alan Reich In the New York SNCC Office
Dr. Milton Reid Interview by Ronald Carrington. SCLC, school desegregation, Danville (VA). 2003. Video
James ReynoldsSelma student activist Alabama
Gloria RichardsonInterview by Joseph Mosnier, re C-NAC and Cambridge MD Movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Judy RichardsonOral History, interview about SNCC by Jean Wiley 2007
 Interview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC & the movement 2016
Video + bio & metadata
Willie RicksInterview [Video Only Part 1, Part 2]
Ron RidenourFreedom Summer Orientation Mississippi
 On the Road to Freedom Mississippi
 Personal Diary, Moss Point Mississippi
Dennis RobertsStories of Southwest Georgia & C.B. King (multiple stories)
 Stories of SNCC Members & the Military Draft (multiple stories)
 Journal: Southwest Georgia, Summer 1963
Wallace RobertsInterview re Freedom Summer & SNCC. By Orion Teal (SOHP). 2010.  Audio
 Sheriff Capps & the Shaw Freedom School Mississippi
Betty Garman RobinsonInterview by Emily Stoper, 1966
 Interview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC & the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
 Interview by Greg Ivers re SNCC. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
James RobinsonOral-histories, 10 sessions
Jo Ann RobinsonInterview for Eyes on the Prize (Montgomery AL)
Priscilla RobinsonMy Story (VA & AL)
Reggie RobinsonInterview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC, Maryland, & the movement 2015
  PDF transcriptVideo + bio & metadata
 The Ties That Bind, video interview with Marsha Joyner 2018 [Video ]
Igal RodenkoOral History Interview, interviewed by Jacquiline Hall & Gerry Cohen 1974(Audio recording)
Jimmy Rogers Interview Oral History Interview by Bruce Hartford 2001
 An Experience with Violence in Lowndes County, Alabama
 Interview by Paul Murry for article on Fr. Morrisrow 2013
Carol RogoffInterview re SNCC, Mississippi, E.W. Steptoe. By Orion Teal (SOHP). 2010.  Audio
Avon Rollins Sr.August 28, 1963 — the March on Washington
 Interview by high school stuends 2012
Constance RozierSelma student activist, Alabama
Larry RubinA Walk in Holly Springs: 1964 Mississippi
 An Oral History, interview by Gloria Clark 2001
 ... But South I Went, Jewish Currents 2014
 Interview by Greg Ivers re Freedom Summer, SNCC, etc. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
James Russell Remembering the Tulsa Sit-ins (OK)
Bayard RustinNonviolence vs. Jim Crow, 1942
 Interview by Robert Penn Warren
Ruby Nell SalesOral History Interview about SNCC & Lowndes County by Bruce Hartford & Jean Wiley 2005
 Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re SNCC & Lowndes Co. AL, 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Mendy SamsteinOral history, interview about SNCC by Anne Romaine 1966 or 1967
Mark Satin The Three Committees Mississippi
Danny Schechter Remembering the March on Washington in 1963
Jeffrey SchwartzCORE's Freedom Summer — My Experiences in Louisiana
Pete SeegerInterview by Joseph Mosnier re freedom movement. 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Cleveland SellersThe Context of Black Power
 Interview by Joe Sinsheimer, re civil rights activism 1985
 An Oral History, interview by Gloria Clark 2003
 Interview by John Dittmer, re NAACP, NAG, & SNCC 2013
Video + bio & metadata
[SCOPE Project]Remembrances of SCOPE Project, 1965-66
Terry ShawInterview With Terry Shaw (Selma AL) 1963
Charles SherrodInterview for Eyes on the Prize re Albany Movement 1985
 Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re SNCC & Albany movement 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Shirley Miller SherrodInterview by Joseph Mosnier, re SNCC & the movement in Baker Co. Georgia 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Rick SheviakovIf I Ever Write Down the Story of My Life.. (Freedom Rides)
 Byron's Contraband (Freedom Rides)
 From Berkeley to the Freedom Rides) 2018
 Interview by high school students re Freedom Rides & after. 2020
  PDF transcriptVideo
Rev. Fred ShuttlesworthEyes on the Prize Interview (Birmingham)
Carol Ruth Silver Ever Wonder Who Empties Your Trash, & Where it Goes?
Euvester SimpsonInterview by John Dittmer, re SNCC, COFO & MFDP 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Charles SimsArmed Defense (Bogalusa, LA) 1965
Modjeska SimkinsOral History 105 pages on NAACP and the movement South Carolina
Michael Simmons Disturbing the Peace 1995
 Arkansas Roots and Consciousness 2009
 Letter to Dwight Williams 2018
Zoharah Simmons  Interview by Joseph Mosnier, re SNCC, Laurel MS, & the movement 2011
Web-versionVideo + bio & metadata
Hon. Frank Smith (pol ldr)Interview, re Greenwood MS civil rights demonstrations 1985
Frank Smith (SNCC)Interview, re Freedom Movement 1986
Jean Wheeler SmithSNCC Women
Jeannette SmithInterview by Emilye Crosby re MS & the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
Jerome Smith (CORE) Louisiana Story, interview by Freedomways, 1964
Ollie M. SmithInterview (St. Augustine, FL)
R.L.T. SmithInterview by "JM" 1965
 Interview, by Joe Sinsheimer 1965
Dr. Robert SmithOral History interview (MCHR), by Harriet Tanzman. 2000
Sam SmithSNCC in Washington DC) 2015
Scott B. Smith My Name is Scott B. Smith Jr. Alabama
Helen Singleton Freedom Rider, Freedom Fighter Mississippi 2018
Robert Singleton A CORE Freedom Rider Mississippi
Amos SnellSelma student activist Alabama
Jonathan Steele Summer of Hate Mississippi
Jane StembridgeInterview by Emily Stoper 1966 or 67
 Oral History Interview, by Peter Daniel, SOHP. 1996. About SNCC and other matters
Ed Stern The Lawyers Who Went to Mississippi Will Never be the Same
John StokesInterview, by Ronald Carrington re 1951 student strike against segregation at Moton High School in Prince Edward County VA. 2003. Video
Nancy StollerInterview by David Cline re SNCC. 2010  PDF transcriptAudio
 Arkansas 1965
 Bowling in Prince Georges County, Maryland
Peter Stoner Report on Experiences in Hattiesburg Mississippi 1964
Bettye Parker MilesSelma student activist Alabama
Cleophas StrongSelma student activist, Alabama
Matt ("Flukey") SuarezOral History (LA & MS)
Peter SussmanThe March: A Veiw From the Crowd (DC MoW)
John Suter Short Piece on Freedom Songs Mississippi
Ernest Swann Interview [video only]
Roberta TateSelma student activist Alabama
Ralph TempleSt. Augustine, 1964 (FL)
Michael ThelwellInterview by Emilye Crosby, re NAG, SNCC, MFDP & Washington DC 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Sue ThrasherInterview by Joe Sinsheimer Mississippi
 Interview by Jessie Wilkerson re SSOC and activism
  PDF transcriptAudio + bio metadata
Kay TillowInterview by David Cline re the freedom and labor movements 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Walter TillowOral History interview by Anne Romaine re Tennessee & Mississippi 1966
 Interview by David Cline re SNCC & Georgia 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Peter Titelman ... Define Self Through Involvement in the Civil Rights Movement
Lisa Anderson ToddInterview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC & MFDP 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Roy TorkingtonItta Bena and Elsewhere Mississippi 2011
 Volunteer: Mississippi 1964 & Louisiana 1965 2018
Brenda Travis Oral History, interview by Peacock, Wiley & Hartford re McComb MS & SNCC)
 Oral History Interview Mississippi
Jimmy TravisOral History Interview Mississippi
Joan TrumpauerOral History Interview Mississippi  Video 
 Interview by Greg Ivers, re Freedom Rides, SNCC, Mississippi. 2019
Video
Karen TrustyGoing Crazy (Atlanta GA)
Alice TuckerMy Integration SuperHero Mississippi
Gloria Jean Tucker My Time as a SNCC Worker Panola County 2022. (MS)
Kwame TureInterview by Robert Penn Warren, 1964
 Face the Nation Interview With Stokely Carmichael, 1966
Albert TurnerInterview for Eyes on the Prize Alabama
Rick Tuttle The Brutal Winona, Mississippi Jail Beatings 2010
 Interview by David Cline re SNCC and the movement in GA & MS 2010
  PDF transcriptAudio + bio metadata
 Interview by David Cline re Greenwood, Savannah, & etc 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Eugene Turitz Interview re SNCC & Mississippi work, 1965
 A Life in the Movement Mississippi & Lousisiana 2018
Nancy Jo TuritzInterview re Mississippi work 1965
Henry TwineInterview, by David Colburn re St. Augustine FL movement of 1963-64
Ralph TylerRick Harper in Greene County, Alabama 1966
Ulmer & HamiltonInterview re St. Augustine Movement
Ann ValliantOne Conversation, One Heart at a Time (AR, AL)
Maria VarelaInterview by David Cline re SNCC and the Chicano movement 2016
Video + bio & metadata
Rev. C.T. VivianInterview for Eyes on the Prize (Nashville & Selma) 1986
 Interview Part 1, Part 2 2006 [video only]
 Interview by Taylor Branch, re SCLC & the movement 2011
Web-version Video + bio & metadata
Virginia VolkerInterview, by Willoughby Anderson, SOHP. 2006. Re school desegregation, Birmingham, AL.
Johnnie WalkerI am Johnnie Mae Walker
Rita WalkerMeeting the Freedom Workers 1964
 Life in Mississippi: Negro Motherhood
Wyatt T. WalkerInterview by Robert Penn Warren
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize (Albany, Birmingham)
 Interview by David Cline re SCLC & the movement 2014
Video + bio & metadata
Fred Walters Woodcutter Slavery undated (probably 1970) (MS)
Hollis WatkinsIn the Middle of the Iceberg, Mississippi 1988
 Interviewed by Joe Sinsheimer re SNCC & Mississippi 1985
 Interview for Eyes on the Prize 1985
 Julian Bond Oral History Project: Hollis Watkins, Mississippi 2019
Dan Lynn WattOral History Interview 2013 (Fayette Co. Tennessee)
Molly Lynn WattOral History Interview 2013 (Highlander Tennessee)
 Building Democracy at Highlander Center, Tennessee
Jimmy WebbI'll Be An Activist Until I Die (Selma AL)
Bob WeilA Faulkner Tale Mississippi
Mark WeissInterview Mississippi
Linda Wetmore see Linda Halpern
Annette Jones White Freedom Movement Narrative (Albany, GA)
 Charles Sherrod — The Gentle Giant (Albany, GA)
 Blue and Me in C.M.E (Albany, GA)
 In Memory of Rev. Dr. Janie Culbreth Rambeau
George White Birmingham 1963 Alabama
Hattie & James WhiteInterview (St. Augustine, FL)  
Grenville Whitman Mississippi Summer 1964
Jean Wiley Oral History interview by Bruce Hartford 2001
Annie Laura WilliamsSelma student activist Alabama
James WilliamsOral History Interview, Kieran Taylor. (SSOC, SCEF) 2004
Lula Belle WilliamsSelma student activist, 1963-65 Alabama
Junius Williams Interview by Joseph Mosnier re SNCC & the Movement 2011
Video & + bio & metadata
Mabel WilliamsOral History (Monroe, NC)
Raquel WilliamsInterview (Birmingham school integrator), by Willoughby Anderson, SOHP. 2005
Robert WilliamsInterview for Eyes on the Prize (Monroe, NC)
Bright Winn Mrs. Magruder Mississippi
 Mississippi Revisited
Abraham Lincoln WoodsInterview, by Kimberly Hill, 5/5/06. Audio
Annie Pearl WormelySelma student activist, Alabama
Abby YoungThose Who Came, Journal from AFSC Voter Registration Project Sumter, SC, 1966
Rev. Andrew YoungInterview by Robert Penn Warren 1964
 Oral History Interview, Interviewed by Jack Bass & Walter De Vries. 1974(Audio recording)
A.Z. YoungInterview by Mimi Feingold (Bogalusa, LA) 1967
Carrie Lamar YoungInterview by Joseph Mosnier re SNCC & Arkansas movement. 2011
Video + bio & metadata
Luis ZapataInterview by Emilye Crosby, re SNCC, COFO, MFLU & the movement 2013
Video + bio & metadata
Bob ZellnerA White Southerner Joins the Struggle
 The March on Washington
 50 Years of Poor People's Organizing: An Interview 2020
Dorothy ZellnerInterview by Emilye Crosby re SNCC & the movement 2015
Video + bio & metadata
 Interview by Greg Ivers re SNCC, Freedom Summer, etc. 2019
  PDF transcriptVideo
Howard ZinnInterview by "JM," 1965
   

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