<I>Cecilia Suyat Marshall Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 30, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Cecilia Suyat Marshall, American, 1928 - 2022
label: Interviewed by
content: Dr. Emilye Crosby Ph. D., American
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Oliver L. Brown, American, 1918 - 1961
label: Subject of
content: Board of Education of Topeka, American
label: Subject of
content: Thurgood Marshall, American, 1908 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.97.1a, 2011.174.97.1b, 2011.174.97.1c, 2011.174.97.1d, 2011.174.97.1e, and 2011.174.97.1f.
label: Description
content: Cecilia Suyat Marshall recalls moving from Hawaii to New York where she found a job as a secretary with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1948. Marshall notes some of the highlights of her experiences at the NAACP offices, including the organization's victory in the Brown v. Board case, traveling the South with NAACP staff, and attending conferences. There she met the many local people who gave the Civil Rights Movement strength. She left the organization after her marriage to Justice Thurgood Marshall, and with that departure became more of a mother and wife than an activist, but retained her activist spirit with membership on the boards of progressive organizations.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0097
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Hawaii, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York, 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: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1945-1953
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
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
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: 2011.174.97.1a-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: 30 min., 49 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 48.53 GB