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Interview with Unita Blackwell for Eyes on the Prize II. Discussion centers on her involvement with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, becoming mayor of Mayersville, and race relations in the state of Mississippi.
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Oral History--United States, African American mayors, Civil rights movements--United States, Mississippi--Race relations, Civil rights--History--20th century, Blackwell, Unita, 1933-2019, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Mayersville (Miss.), Race relations--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Richardson, Judy, Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:: Blackside, Inc., Washington University in St. Louis
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 2021-09-10 16:19 UTC
Date Modified:: 2022-06-07 16:55 UTC
Date Issued:: 1989-08-10 00:00 UTC
Content License:: All rights reserved
Resource Type:: Video

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Interview with Unita Blackwell conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on her decision to join the civil rights movement, SNCC and NAACP activism in Mississippi, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
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Mississippi--Race relations, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.), Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Blackwell, Unita, 1933-2019, Hamer, Fannie Lou, 1917-1977, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc., Bagwell, Orlando
Publisher:: Blackside, Inc., Washington University in St. Louis
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 2016-11-23 21:15 UTC
Date Modified:: 2023-10-25 16:59 UTC
Date Issued:: 1986-05-07 00:00 UTC
Content License:: All rights reserved
Resource Type:: Video

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Filmed interview with Dave Dennis conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on Freedom Summer, Medgar Evers, James Chaney, and Dennis' reaction to their murders. Also Dennis' work with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic...Show full record
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Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964, Mississippi Freedom Project, Civil rights workers--Mississippi, Mississippi--Race relations, Dennis, Dave, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Oral History--United States, Mississippi, Race relations--United States, Moses, Robert Parris, 1935-, Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.), Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963, Civil rights movements--United States, Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.), Suffrage--Mississippi, Civil rights--History--20th century, Mississippi--Social conditions, Mississippi--Politics and government
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc., Bagwell, Orlando
Publisher:: Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 2016-11-02 13:56 UTC
Date Modified:: 2023-10-25 17:30 UTC
Date Issued:: 1985-11-10 00:00 UTC
Resource Type:: Video

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Interview with Robert Moses conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the reasons he joined the civil rights movement, his work with SNCC in Mississippi, and his working relationships with other activists like Amzie Moore and Fannie Lou Hamer. Other topics include the Freedom Summer...Show full record
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Moses, Robert Parris, Moore, Amzie, Hamer, Fannie Lou, 1917-1977, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Mississippi Freedom Project, Mississippi--Politics and government, Mississippi--Race relations, Voter registration--Mississippi, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:: Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:: Blackside, Inc.
Publisher:: Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Language:: English
Date Modified:: 2023-10-26 19:38 UTC
Date Issued:: 1986-05-19 00:00 UTC
Resource Type:: Video

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