<I>Walter Tillow Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 21, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Walter Tillow, American, born 1940
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Harpur College, American, founded 1946
label: Subject of
content: Cornell University, American, founded 1865
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
label: Subject of
content: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, American, founded 1936
label: Subject of
content: Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.92.1a, 2011.174.92.1b, 2011.174.92.1c, 2011.174.92.1d, 2011.174.92.1e, 2011.174.92.1f, and 2011.174.92.1g.
label: Description
content: Walter Tillow discusses how he joined the Civil Rights Movement as a college student and how that led him into labor and leftist movements. He describes his childhood in New York City and the leftist politics of his parents, as well as how he learned about the Movement as a college student at Harpur College and as a graduate student at Cornell University. In 1963, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and moved to Fayette County, Georgia where he worked on voter registration drives. He later worked in the SNCC communication office in Atlanta. He describes in detail the movement for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1965, he left the Movement to work for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and he later worked for the Communist Party.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0092
place: label: Place collected
content: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Fayette County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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: Labor
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
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: Mississippi Freedom Summer
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: 2011.174.92.1a-g
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: 1 hr., 48 min., 9 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 175.18 GB