<I>Doris Adelaide Derby Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 26, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
label: Subject of
content: Hunter College, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Free Southern Theater, American, 1963 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Head Start Program, American, founded 1965
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0008
place: label: Place collected
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Episcopalian
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: Theatre
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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: 2011.174.8.1a-h
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., 51 min., 5 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 188.48 GB