<I>Sam Mahone Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 9, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Sam Mahone, American, born 1945
label: Interviewed by
content: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, American, born 1973
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Americus Four, American
label: Subject of
content: Leesburg Stockade, American, 1960s
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of one digital file: 2011.174.63.1a.
label: Description
content: Sam Mahone discusses his experiences of racial segregation and discrimination in Americus, Georgia, and how he came to be involved in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). After he joined SNCC, he participated in an array of activism: picketing a segregated movie theater, registering voters, and organizing in the black community. He also discusses the arrests that he and other activists experienced due to their activism, including the Americus Four case and the Leesburg Stockade. He concludes the interview by discussing his current involvement in showcasing African American art.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0063
place: label: Place collected
content: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Americus, Sumter 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: Art
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
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
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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
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: 2011.174.63.1a
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., 3 min., 21 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 64.19 GB