<I>Shirley Miller Sherrod Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: September 15, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Shirley Miller Sherrod, American, born 1948
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: United States Department of Justice, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod, American, born 1937
label: Subject of
content: New Communities, American, founded 1969
label: Subject of
content: Federation of Southern Cooperatives, American
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of twelve digital files: 2011.174.50.1a, 2011.174.50.1b, 2011.174.50.1c, 2011.174.50.1d, 2011.174.50.1e, 2011.174.50.1f, 2011.174.50.1g, 2011.174.50.1h, 2011.174.50.1i, 2011.174.50.1j, and 2011.174.50.1k, 2011.174.50.1l.
label: Description
content: Shirley Sherrod recalls growing up on a farm in Baker County, Georgia, her father's murder, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She remembers traveling to Washington, D. C., to protest the Justice Department, and the attacks on her husband, the Reverend Charles Sherrod, a civil rights leader in Albany, Georgia. She also discusses starting the New Communities Land Trust and working for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and other organizations to help African American farmers.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0050
place: label: Place collected
content: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.50.1a-l
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 1 hr., 43 min., 44 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 172.51 GB