<I>Kay Tillow Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 14, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Kay Tillow, American
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: University of Illinois, American, founded 1867
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Service Employees International Union, American, founded 1921
label: Subject of
content: Coalition of Labor Union Women, American, founded 1974
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.99.1a, 2011.174.99.1b, 2011.174.99.1c, 2011.174.99.1d, and 2011.174.99.1e.
label: Description
content: Kay Tillow describes learning about the Civil Rights Movement as a student at the University of Illinois, where she got involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She remembers attending the trials of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers in Cairo, Illinois, and traveling to Ghana in 1962. When she returned to the United States in 1963 she participated in sit-ins in Atlanta, Georgia, and demonstrations in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She discusses her work with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, a hospital workers' union, and organizing victories in Pennsylvania. Tillow also discusses her role in the Coalition of Labor Union Women and her current work on health care reform.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0099
place: label: Place collected
content: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Ghana, West Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Women
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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
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: 2011.174.99.1a-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., 12 min., 48 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 117.59 GB