<I>Jamila Jones Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 27, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Jamila Jones, American, born 1944
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: The Montgomery Gospel Trio, American
label: Subject of
content: Highlander Folk School, American
label: Subject of
content: Harambee Singers, American, founded 1966
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.9.1a, 2011.174.9.1b, 2011.174.9.1c, and 2011.174.9.1d.
label: Description
content: Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the civil rights movement. She recalls helping the Freedom Riders, visiting the Highlander Folk Center, writing a new verse of the song "We Shall Overcome", and founding the Harambee Singers.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0009
place: label: Place collected
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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: 2011.174.9.1a-d
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: 49 min., 27 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 148.42 GB