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TitleCharles McLaurin oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Indianola, Mississippi, 2015 December 05TypeMoving ImageCollectionSubjectMcLaurin, Charles--Interviews. (LCSH)Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008Cobb, Charles E., Jr (LCSH)Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963Hamer, Fannie LouKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968Moore, Amzie, 1911-1982Moses, Robert ParrisCouncil of Federated Organizations (U.S.)Delta MinistryMississippi Freedom Democratic PartyMississippi Freedom ProjectStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Interviews (LCSH)African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi (LCSH)Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi (LCSH)Civil rights movements--Mississippi (LCSH)Civil rights movements--United States (LCSH)Discrimination in the military--United States (LCSH)Freedom Rides, 1961 (LCSH)Nonviolence--Mississippi (LCSH)Racism--Mississippi (LCSH)Voter registration--Mississippi (LCSH)Jackson (Miss.)--History (LCSH)Mississippi--Politics and government--1951 (LCSH)Mississippi--Race relations (LCSH) NoteLanguage: In English.SummaryCharles McLaurin discusses his work as a Civil Rights activist in the 1950's and 60's. He begins by discussing the racism he experienced growing up and how this shaped his personal and political values. McLaurin mainly describes working with African American voter registration rights issues, SNCC, and the Freedom Riders. He describes how he became a congressional officer for a number of years in Mississippi, working closely with Fannie Lou Hamer as her congressional campaign manager. McLaurin describes his involvement in a range of Mississippi-based protests, as well as his experiences with the judicial system and his personal arrests.Capture captureDate: 2015-12-05Recorded in Indianola, Mississippi, on December 5, 2015.DurationPT277MAuthorized Access PointMcLaurin, Charles Charles McLaurin oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Indianola, Mississippi, 2015 December 05