<I>Amos C. Brown Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 2, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown, American
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Medgar Evers, American, 1925 - 1963
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: The Plain Dealer, American, founded 1842
label: Subject of
content: Operation Crossroads Africa, American, founded 1958
label: Subject of
content: Third Baptist Church, American, founded 1852
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.60.1a, 2011.174.60.1b, 2011.174.60.1c, 2011.174.60.1d, 2011.174.60.1e, 2011.174.60.1f, 2011.174.60.1g, and 2011.174.60.1h.
label: Description
content: Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi and meeting Medgar Evers, who quickly became his mentor. Brown was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a teenager, leading the Jackson chapter and then the whole state Youth Council and traveling with Mr. Evers across the country to attend a national conference. He was asked to leave his high school for making comments to the Cleveland Plain Dealer about unequal schools for blacks, and remembers his participation in a 1961 Freedom Ride, his travel to Africa as part of Operation Crossroads Africa, and his work at Third Baptist Church on various social causes.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0060
place: label: Place collected
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Africa
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: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Youth
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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: Freedom Riders
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: 2011.174.60.1a-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., 58 min., 48 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 193.04 GB