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Title
Thomas Walter Gaither oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2011 September 12
Type
Moving Image
Collection
Contribution
Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938- (Interviewee)
Mosnier, Joseph (Interviewer)
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) (Contributor)
Subject
Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938---Interviews. (LCSH)
Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.)
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American civil rights workers--Interviews (LCSH)
African American college students--Interviews (LCSH)
Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Hollywood (LCSH)
Civil rights demonstrations--South Carolina--Orangeburg (LCSH)
Civil rights movements--United States (LCSH)
Freedom Rides, 1961 (LCSH)
Nonviolence--Southern States--History--20th century (LCSH)
Genre Form
Filmed Interviews (LCGFT)
Interviews (LCGFT)
Oral histories (LCGFT)
Video recordings (LCGFT)
Language
English
Geographic Coverage
Content
two-dimensional moving image
Note
Language: In English.
Summary
Thomas Gaither recalls growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina, attending Claflin College, and leading the college's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter. He remembers the student sit-ins in Orangeburg, South Carolina, joining the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and being arrested for protesting in Hollywood, Florida. He discusses organizing the Freedom Rides, his belief in nonviolence, and earning his PhD in biology at the University of Iowa.
Capture
Recorded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 12, 2011.
Duration
PT131M
Authorized Access Point
Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938- Thomas Walter Gaither oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2011 September 12
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: minimal
Identified By: bf:Local, 18889606
Change Date: 2020-02-20T10:11:16
Creation Date: 2015-07-28
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress