Moments of the Movement

The National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) Civil Rights History Project, created by an act of Congress in 2009, is a joint effort of the Library of Congress and NMAAHC to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals—many who are unheralded—who participated in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s. NMAAHC, in partnership with the Southern Oral History Program in the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, began interviewing the foot soldiers, leaders and supporters of the Movement in October 2010. Moments of the Movement features three-to-five-minute first-person narratives culled from these hundreds of hours of never-before-broadcast video and audio footage to provide a rich, detailed history of the nation during an important and tumultuous period. Hide full description

The National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) Civil Rights History Project, created by an act of Congress in 2009, is a joint effort of the Library of Congress and NMAAHC to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals—many who are unheralded—who participated in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s. NMAAHC, in partnership with the Southern Oral History Program in the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, began interviewing the foot soldiers, leaders and supporters of the Movement in October 2010. Moments of the Movement features three-to-five-minute first-person narratives culled from these hundreds of hours of never-before-broadcast video and... Show full description