<I>Junius W. Williams, J.D. Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 20, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Junius W. Williams J.D., American, born 1943
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Amherst College, American, founded 1821
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Worth Long, American, born 1936
label: Subject of
content: Newark Community Union Project, American, founded 1964
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.37.1a, 2011.174.37.1b, 2011.174.37.1c, 2011.174.37.1d, 2011.174.37.1e, 2011.174.37.1f, 2011.174.37.1g, 2011.174.37.1h, and 2011.174.37.1i.
label: Description
content: Junius Williams, J.D. recalls growing up in Richmond, Virginia, attending Amherst College, and joining the student group Students for Racial Equality. He remembers attending the March on Washington, organizing a civil rights conference at Mount Holyoke, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses traveling with other students to the Selma to Montgomery March, being arrested at the march with Worth Long, working as a community organizer with the Newark Community Union Project, and witnessing the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0037
place: label: Place collected
content: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Montgomery, 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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
label: Movement
content: Selma to Montgomery Marches
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: 2011.174.37.1a-i
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., 54 min., 49 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 290.81 GB