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TitleDion Diamond oral history interview conducted by David Cline in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 13NotePhysical details: digital, sound, color. Applies To: video file Dion Diamond was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1941. Growing up in the segregated community of Petersburg, he began doing sit-ins, often by himself. He enrolled in Howard University in 1959, where he was a founding member of Nonviolent Action Group, staging protests at Glen Echo, Maryland and Arlington, Virginia. He also was a part of the Freedom Riders and was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi and Louisiana from 1961 to 1963. During this time, he was arrested over 30 times. He later attended the University of Wisconsin and earned a graduate degree from Harvard University.The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.Finding aid: Finding aidCould not render: bf:electronicLocatorExtent7 video files (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (1:34:38) Applies to: video fileUsage And Access PolicyCollection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room atDuplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.Could not render: bf:electronicLocatorPreferred CitationCivil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039: 0132), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.