<I>Euvester Simpson Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 12, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Euvester Simpson, American, born 1946
label: Interviewed by
content: John Dittmer Ph. D., American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: Fannie Lou Hamer, American, 1917 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.72.1a, 2011.174.72.1b, 2011.174.72.1c, 2011.174.72.1d, 2011.174.72.1e, 2011.174.72.1f, and 2011.174.72.1g.
label: Description
content: Euvester Simpson discusses her childhood in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and she describes her parents' decision to send her to Racine, Wisconsin, to attend high school because they were fed up with segregated public schools in Mississippi. For her last year of high school, Simpson returned to Mississippi, and she became active in the Civil Rights Movement. She describes attending a citizenship school in Charleston, South Carolina, going to mass meetings, and being arrested with a group of women, including Fannie Lou Hamer. She also discusses her involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Council of Federated Organizations, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Simpson ends the interview by discussing the legacy of the movement.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0072
place: label: Place collected
content: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Itta Bena, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Racine, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 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: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Women
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
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: 2011.174.72.1a-g
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., 34 min., 46 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 154.31 GB