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izaiah    this is political because it shows that a colored man is going into a white restaraunt

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izaiah    this is political because it shows that a colored man is going into a white restaraunt

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this image is political because it shows the african american people when they were taking the test so they could vote

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its sad because it says only a certain color of people can ride

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voting is political and this says what a coloured man should do to vote-nathaniel

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voting is political and this says what a coloured man should do to vote-nathaniel

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jamarei. this is political because they are protesting for more equal rights

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jamarei. this is political because the are discriminating a black family that is moving in white neighborhood

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izaiah
this is political because they are having to pay the taxes that the judicial let the Jim crow laws become laws

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andrew
same thing as other its talking about the rights of blacks not being able to vote

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talkks about democratic laws

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Ethan this is political because she is telling us that

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About this Item

Title

Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01.

Contributor Names

Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) (Creator)

Mosnier, Joseph (Interviewer)

Patton, Gwendolyn M, 1943- (Interviewee)

Created / Published

Montgomery, Alabama, January 2011, 6

Subject Headings

- Civil rights movements--United States

- Freedom Rides, 1961

- African American college students--Interviews

- Tuskegee Institute

- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)

- African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Interviews

- Discrimination in medical care--Alabama

- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)

- Interviews

- Filmed interviews

- Oral histories

- United States -- Alabama -- Montgomery

Genre

Interviews

Filmed interviews

Oral histories

Notes

- Summary: Gwendolyn Patton discusses attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she became involved in many civil rights organizations and was elected student body president. She recalls hosting the Freedom Riders in 1961, and spending a year in a segregated sanitarium when she had tuberculosis. She recounts organizing Tuskegee students for the Selma to Montgomery March, occupying the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and registering voters in Lowndes County.

- Biographical History: Gwendolyn Patton was born 1943 in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Tuskegee University, Antioch College, Union Graduate School, and Interdenominational Institute of Theology. Patton was a civil rights activist and archivist.

- Acquisition Note: 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.

- Existence and Location of Copies: Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.).

- Conditions Governing Access: Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact

- Related Archival Materials: Artifacts associated with the interview are at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Medium

8 video files of 8 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (111 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (50 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

afc2010039_crhp0020_mv01.mov

afc2010039_crhp0020_mv02.mov

afc2010039_crhp0020_mv03.mov

afc2010039_crhp0020_mv04.mov

afc2010039_crhp0020_mv05.mov

afc2010039_crhp0020_mv06.mov

afc2010039_crhp0020_mv07.mov

afc2010039_crhp0020_mv08.mov

afc2010039_crhp0020_patton_transcript.docx

Source Collection

Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039)

Repository

American Folklife Center

Online Format

image

online text

video

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Chicago citation style:

Civil Rights History Project, U.S, Joseph Mosnier, and Gwendolyn M Patton. Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01. Montgomery, Alabama, January , 6, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0020/. (Accessed May 03, 2017.)

APA citation style:

Civil Rights History Project, U. S., Mosnier, J. & Patton, G. M. (2011) Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01. Montgomery, Alabama, January , 6. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0020/.

MLA citation style:

Civil Rights History Project, U.S, Joseph Mosnier, and Gwendolyn M Patton. Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01. Montgomery, Alabama, January , 6, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0020/>.

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Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01.

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Title Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01. Contributor Names Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) (Creator) Mosnier, Joseph (Interviewer) Patton, Gwendolyn M, 1943- (Interviewee) Created / Published Montgomery, Alabama, January 2011, 6 Subject Headings - Civil rights movements--United States - Freedom Rides, 1961 - African American college students--Interviews - Tuskegee Institute - Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)

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andrew
its talking about the right of blacks not able to vote.

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izaiah

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This is political because it says "In National and congressionl election vote for the best interest of the county."

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http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/civil-rights/

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What a Colored Man Needs to do to Vote- Pamphlet

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What a Colored Man Needs to do to Vote- Pamphlet

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http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbaapc&fileName=33200//rbaapc33200.db&recNum=0&itemLink=r%3Fammem%2Frbaapcbib%3A%40field%28NUMBER%2B%40od1%28rbaapc%2B33200%29%29&linkText=0

This pamphlet shows what an individual who is not white needs to do to vote. This is a political implication of Jim Crow because laws were passed by southern governments to prevent "colored" individuals from voting.