<I>Hy Thurman Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: December 28, 2017
name: label: Created by
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
label: Interview of
content: Hy Thurman, American, born 1950
label: Interviewed by
content: Marc B. Steiner, American, born 1946
label: Recorded by
content: Kim Moir, American
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Fred Hampton, American, 1948 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: An oral history consisting of a single digital video recording (2018.78.7.1). It was collected as part of the Poor People’s Campaign Interviews.
label: Description
content: In this interview, Hy Thurman, one of the founding members of the Young Patriots, discusses his upbringing in Dayton, Tennessee; the work of the Young Patriots and the Original Rainbow Coalition in Chicago; his experience of the Poor People’s Campaign; and the relevance of the Campaign to contemporary organizers.
label: Description
content: Thurman begins the interview by discussing his early life in Dayton, TN, and reflecting on the racial and class dynamics of his upbringing. He then talks about how he moved to the Uptown neighborhood in Chicago at age 17 (1967), and he describes the police brutality and political corruption that plagued the community. Thurman then talks about how the Young Patriots were formed and discusses the formation of the Original Rainbow Coalition with the Young Lords and Black Panthers.
label: Description
content: Thurman then turns to a discussion of the Young Patriots’ involvement with the Poor People’s Campaign and his experience at Resurrection City in Washington, DC. He also reflects on the legacy of the Campaign and speaks about its relevance to contemporary activists and social movements. Thurman and the interviewer, Marc Steiner, then have a more open discussion about their involvement in the Young Patriots, and Thurman concludes the interview by discussing his work with the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program and by reading the poem, “Hillbilly Harlem” by William “Preacherman” Fesperman.
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Poor People’s Campaign Oral Histories
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Poor People's Campaign
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.78.7.1
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 and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 01:43:26
label: Dimensions
content: 25.71 GB