<I>Luis Zapata Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 27, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Luis Zapata, 1944 - 2015
label: Interviewed by
content: Dr. Emilye Crosby Ph. D., American
label: Subject of
content: San José State University, American, founded 1857
label: Subject of
content: United Farm Workers of America, American, founded 1962
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi Freedom Labor Union, American, founded 1965
label: Subject of
content: Council of Federated Organizations, founded 1962
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Alphonso Michael "Mike" Espy, American, born 1953
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.95.1a, 2011.174.95.1b, 2011.174.95.1c, 2011.174.95.1d, 2011.174.95.1e, and 2011.174.95.1f.
label: Description
content: Luis Zapata describes his childhood in Orange County, California, and how he came to join the labor movement as a college student at San Jose State University. He discusses the organizing work he did with the United Farm Workers and how he ended up moving to Cleveland, Mississippi, for four years where he organized for the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union and helped to register voters with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Zapata also discusses his later involvement in the congressional campaign of Mike Espy as well as his participation in international movements for human rights.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0095
place: label: Place collected
content: Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Orange County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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: Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
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: 2011.174.95.1a-f
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: 2 hr., 2 min., 1 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 199.86 GB