<I>Courtland Cox Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 8, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Courtland Cox, American, born 1941
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Howard University, American, founded 1867
label: Subject of
content: Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: 1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964
label: Subject of
content: Sixth Pan-African Congress, founded 1974
label: Subject of
content: Pan-African Congress, 1919 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.30.1a, 2011.174.30.1b, 2011.174.30.1c, 2011.174.30.1d, 2011.174.30.1e, 2011.174.30.1f, 2011.174.30.1g, 2011.174.30.1h, and 2011.174.30.1i.
label: Description
content: Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merged with other groups to become the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He also discusses the March on Washington, the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, changes in SNCC, and attending the Sixth Pan-African Congress.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0030
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, South America
label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa
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: 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: Pan Africanism
label: Movement
content: Pan Africanism
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: 2011.174.30.1a-i
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., 43 min., 40 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 171.5 GB