<I>The Hononrable Lisa Anderson Todd Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 24, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Honorable Lisa Anderson Todd, American, 1942 - 2015
label: Interviewed by
content: Dr. Emilye Crosby Ph. D., American
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: 1964 Democratic National Convention, American, founded 1964
label: Subject of
content: Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
label: Subject of
content: American Friends Service Committee, American, founded 1917
label: Subject of
content: Cornell University, American, founded 1865
label: Subject of
content: Stanford Law School, American, founded 1893
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.93.1a, 2011.174.93.1b, 2011.174.93.1c, 2011.174.93.1d, 2011.174.93.1e, 2011.174.93.1f, 2011.174.93.1g, and 2011.174.93.1h.
label: Description
content: The Hon. Lisa Anderson Todd shares memories from when she was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteer in Mississippi in 1963 and her recollections of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Todd describes how she was introduced to the Movement during her participation in a work camp at Tougaloo College and how she went on to do voter registration work, first with the American Friends Service Committee in Greensboro, North Carolina, and then with SNCC in Greenville, Mississippi. Todd shares her memories as well as her book research on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She also describes her college years at Cornell University; her decision to attend law school at Stanford; her interest in civil rights law; and her work as a lawyer and later as an administrative judge.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0093
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Greensboro, Guildford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, 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: Law
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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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: 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: 2011.174.93.1a-h
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., 49 min., 3 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 276.51 GB