<I>Thomas Walter Gaither Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: September 12, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Thomas Walter Gaither Ph. D., American, born 1938
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Claflin University, American, founded 1869
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
label: Subject of
content: University of Iowa, American, founded 1847
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.43.1a, 2011.174.43.1b, 2011.174.43.1c, 2011.174.43.1d, 2011.174.43.1e, 2011.174.43.1f, 2011.174.43.1g, 2011.174.43.1h, 2011.174.43.1i, and 2011.174.43.1j.
label: Description
content: Thomas Gaither, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina, attending Claflin College, and leading the college's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter. He remembers the student sit-ins in Orangeburg, South Carolina, joining the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and being arrested for protesting in Hollywood, Florida. He discusses organizing the Freedom Rides, his belief in nonviolence, and earning his Ph. D. in biology at the University of Iowa.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0043
place: label: Place collected
content: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Hollywood, Browar County, Florida, 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: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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: 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: 2011.174.43.1a-j
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., 10 min., 47 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 217.91 GB