Lawson, James M., 1928-, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville, Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville, Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Arndt, Prudence
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with William Simmons conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on resistance to integration by the Mississippi Citizens' Council, specifically the Jackson chapter which was led by Simmons.
Simmons, William James, 1916-2007, Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987, Citizens' Councils of America, Jackson (Miss.), Jackson (Miss.)--Race relations, Mississippi--Race relations, Mississippi--Social conditions, University of Mississippi, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Arndt, Prudence
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
Filmed interview with Harris Wofford conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Kennedy administration's policies on civil rights, as well as John Kennedy's intervention with the governor of Georgia in order to release Dr. Martin Luther King from jail in 1960.
Wofford, Harris, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Georgia--Race relations, Civil rights--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--United States, Race relations--United States, Oral History--United States
Creator:
Blackside, Inc.
Contributor:
Arndt, Prudence
Publisher:
Washington University in St. Louis, Blackside, Inc.
