page_title: Doris Derby
hierarchical_section_title: Doris Derby
caption_attribution_description: English: Front row (L to R) Sheila Pree Bright (camera at waist), Producer Thomas Allen Harris, and Dr. Doris Derby
context_page_description: Dr. Doris Adelaide Derby is an American activist, documentary photographer, and retired Director of Georgia State University’s Office of African American Student Services and Programs and adjunct associate professor of anthropology. She was active in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, and her work discusses the themes of race and African American identity. She was a working member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, as well as co-founder of the Free Southern Theater, and the founding director of the Office of African-American Student Services and Programs. Her photography has been exhibited internationally. Two of her photographs were published in Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, to which she also contributed an essay about her experiences in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. Derby lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, actor Bob Banks. They are active leaders in their community and members of local and national organizations.
context_section_description: Dr. Doris Adelaide Derby is an American activist, documentary photographer, and retired Director of Georgia State University’s Office of African American Student Services and Programs and adjunct associate professor of anthropology. She was active in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, and her work discusses the themes of race and African American identity. She was a working member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), as well as co-founder of the Free Southern Theater, and the founding director of the Office of African-American Student Services and Programs. Her photography has been exhibited internationally. Two of her photographs were published in Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, to which she also contributed an essay about her experiences in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. Derby lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, actor Bob Banks. They are active leaders in their community and members of local and national organizations.
caption: Derby in 2014
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