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Collin Edwards - interview with Elizabeth Sutherland
Elizabeth Sutherland discusses the Voter Register Campaign in Mississippi, SNCC and the involvement of white students as well as the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Party.
Interview with Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. - Part 5
Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. discuss the Voter Registration Campaign in the South, the Arts Program for Child Development in Mississippi and community involvement and organization through children. Additionally, they discuss Northern students involvement with the Civil Rights Movement and SNCC, as well as the University of California Free Speech Movements affects on Southern Civil Rights activities. Also discussed are the differences and applications of nonviolent philosophies versus militancy.
This Little Light of Mine - Part 7
Call Number: KP 502Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chris Koch, Dale MinorCollection: Voices from the South
In a discussion of Voter Registration attempts in Mississippi, the personal tales of individuals such as Fannie Lou Hammer are highlighted to demonstrate the struggle for Black citizens to register to vote and fully participate in the democratic process.
Freedom Bound
Call Number: V 728Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Freedom Bound tells the story of the SNCC voter registration campaign in Mississippi in 1963. Through interviews with poor black farmers who risked everything to register to vote, the film conveys the courage, determination and sacrifice which the common people of the South used to help end racial segregation. Containing much of the same interviews as We'll Never Turn Back, this film features rare footage of SNCC volunteers telling their stories of crossing the color line in rural Mississippi.
We'll Never Turn Back
Call Number: V 729Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
We'll Never Turn Back was filmed in Mississippi in 1963 during the dangerous voter registration drives of that era. Appearing in the film are Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leaders Bob Moses and Julian Bond, as well as local civil rights leaders Curtis Hayes, Hollis Watkins, Amzie Moore and E.W. Steptoe. There are interviews with black farmers and share croppers, including Fannie Lou Hamer, on their experiences (often bloody) trying to register to vote.
Dream Deferred
Call Number: V 731Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Dream Deferred was produced by SNCC for its southern voter registration drive in 1964, the year of the Mississippi Summer. It contains interviews with activists, voter registrants and leaders, and features Fannie Lou Hamer's speech, including her famous line: "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."
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