Lecture Series on Civil Rights in Alabama 1954-1965

Collection

Identifier: MC-142

Staff Only

Content Description

The Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, 1954-1965 collection contains twelve VHS tapes corresponding to the lectures as well as printed transcriptions of each speech. "The Early Years of the Movement (Part I), a lecture given by Diane Nash on September 13, 2001 at UAH is missing both a video recording and a transcription. Also included in the collection is an original pamphlet for the event.

Dates

Creation: 2001 - 2003-04-13

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Conditions Governing Use

This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.

Biographical / Historical

In the fall of 2001, the University of Alabama Huntsville and Alabama A and M hosted a collaborative "series of public lectures, panels, and firsthand accounts of the major developments of the Civil Rights Movement that took place in Alabama from 1954-1965." This project was the result of over two years of planning by UAH faculty John Dimmock, Lee Williams, Jack Ellis, Mitch Berbrier and A and M faculty James Johnson and Carolyn Parker. Sponsors for the series include the Alabama Humanities Foundation, Alabama Senator Hank Sanders, The Huntsville Times, DESE Research Inc., Metavatec Corporation, and Alabama Representative Laura Hall. In the spring of 2003, written transcriptions of each lecture were gifted to the UAH Archives and Special Collections.