Abstract
About this title: This session looks at what made SNCC "radical" by focusing on the people who worked with SNCC. The session also addresses the emergence of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Although 96 percent of its members were denied the right to vote, the MFDP transformed not only Mississippi politics, but the rules of the national Democratic Party. "It is the greatest example of small-d democracy that we have," says Professor Wesley Hogan, author of Many Minds One Heart: SNCC's Dream for a New America. Former MFDP Chairman, Lawrence Guyot, gives a detailed presentation of the MFDP and its challenges in 1964 and 1965. MFDP Attorney Armand Derfner describes the Party's continuing impact, focusing on the Voting Rights Act. Former SNCC Field Secretary, MacArthur Cotton, describes the step-by-step process involved in organizing the MFDP.
About the series: This series provides a complete record of every panel and plenary session at the 50th conference. They are unique not only in their comprehensiveness, but also because they feature an unprecedented number of SNCC veterans publically examining their Movement experiences. Many of these veterans are not usually encountered in the Civil Rights Movement canon. In short, the history contained in these DVDs is informed by a special and valuable sensibility available nowhere else. Moreover, these discussions are reinforced with the participation of some of academia's most thoughtful scholars of the Southern Freedom Movement.
This material offers a unique, in-depth examination of what took place in the Southern freedom struggle. And while SNCC veterans may again gather for reflective conversations in the future, the unprecedented attendance of this historic gathering makes this collection an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.
About the series: This series provides a complete record of every panel and plenary session at the 50th conference. They are unique not only in their comprehensiveness, but also because they feature an unprecedented number of SNCC veterans publically examining their Movement experiences. Many of these veterans are not usually encountered in the Civil Rights Movement canon. In short, the history contained in these DVDs is informed by a special and valuable sensibility available nowhere else. Moreover, these discussions are reinforced with the participation of some of academia's most thoughtful scholars of the Southern Freedom Movement.
This material offers a unique, in-depth examination of what took place in the Southern freedom struggle. And while SNCC veterans may again gather for reflective conversations in the future, the unprecedented attendance of this historic gathering makes this collection an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.
Collection
Subject
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Influence, African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights demonstrations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography, Youth -- Political activity -- United States, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), African Americans -- Civil rights, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Youth -- Political activity, Southern States, United States
Series
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference, SNCC Legacy Video
Contributors
Johnson, Joseph Brandon (editor), Gustafson, Janet (editor), Brown, Natalie Bullock (producer), Guyot, Lawrence (speaker), Thelwell, Michael (speaker), Derfner, Armand (speaker), Hogan, Wesley (speaker), Cotton, MacArthur (speaker), Ascension Productions (producer), California Newsreel (Firm) (publisher), SNCC Legacy Project, Inc., Documentary Sub-Committee (executive producer)
Duration
01:35:12 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college
Copyright Holder
| Name | California Newsreel |
| Role | distributor |
| Telephone | 415-284-7800 |
| Address | 500 Third Street, Suite #505, San Francisco, CA 94107-1875 |
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Copyright Date
2011-01-01
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