<I>C.T. Vivian Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 29, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Rev. C. T. Vivian, American, 1924 - 2020
label: Interviewed by
content: Taylor Branch, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: American Baptist Theological Seminary, American, founded 1924
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi State Penitentiary, American, founded 1901
label: Subject of
content: Children's Crusade, American, founded 1963
label: Subject of
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.6.1a, 2011.174.6.1b, 2011.174.6.1c, and 2011.174.6.1d.
label: Description
content: C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0006
place: label: Place collected
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Peoria, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 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: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Religion
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: 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: 2011.174.6.1a-d
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: 4 hr., 6 min., 19 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 391.9 GB