<I>Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 11, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Rick Tuttle Ph. D., American, born 1940
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Wesleyan University, American, founded 1831
label: Subject of
content: University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
label: Subject of
content: Chatham County Crusade for Voters, American, c. 1960
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.78.1a, 2011.174.78.1b, 2011.174.78.1c, 2011.174.78.1d, 2011.174.78.1e, and 2011.174.78.1f.
label: Description
content: Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he was recruited to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963 and went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to work on voter registration drives. He also briefly spied on white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan meetings. After being driven out of Mississippi by threats, he joined the Chatham County Crusade for Voters in Savannah, Georgia. Tuttle describes being arrested in Savannah for disturbing the peace and the subsequent trial. Tuttle discusses the work he did after leaving the Movement: as the comptroller in Los Angeles he helped to bring an end to segregation at private clubs and participated in the anti-apartheid movement.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0078
place: label: Place collected
content: Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Savannah, Chatham 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: American West
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
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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: Anti-apartheid movements
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: 2011.174.78.1a-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: 2 hr., 4 min., 49 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 202.35 GB