<I>Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Ph.D. Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: September 14, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons Ph.D., American, born 1944
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Spelman College, American, founded 1881
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi Freedom Schools, American, founded 1964
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, American, founded 1964
label: Subject of
content: American Friends Service Committee, American, founded 1917
label: Subject of
content: Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908
label: Subject of
content: COINTELPRO, American, 1956 - 1971
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.49.1a, 2011.174.49.1b, 2011.174.49.1c, 2011.174.49.1d, and 2011.174.49.1e.
label: Description
content: Gwendolyn Simmons, Ph.D. recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Spelman College. She remembers directing SNCC's voter registration and Freedom School, called the Freedom Summer Project in Laurel, Mississippi. She discusses learning about Black Nationalism in New York, the decision in SNCC to expel white members, and her work with the American Friends Service Committee's Program on Government Surveillance and Citizens' Rights to interview members of organizations investigated by the FBI's Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO).
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0049
place: label: Place collected
content: Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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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
label: Movement
content: Mississippi Freedom Summer
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: 2011.174.49.1a-e
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., 37 min., 29 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 154.95 GB