Candie Carawan and Guy Hughes Carawan Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.52.1a, 2011.174.52.1b, 2011.174.52.1c, 2011.174.52.1d, and 2011.174.52.1e.

Candie Carawan recalls attending Fisk University as an exchange student and meeting civil rights activists in Nashville, Tennessee. She discusses meeting Guy Carawan at the Highlander Folk School, the importance of music to the civil rights movement, and Guy's work to record singers involved with the movement. The two perform several songs, including "Tree of Life," "Eyes on the Prize," and "We Shall Overcome."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 19, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Candie Carawan, American, born 1939
• Interview of: Guy Hughes Carawan, American, 1927 - 2015
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Fisk University, American, founded 1866
• Subject of: Highlander Folk School, American
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 54 min., 11 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 90.06 GB
• Place collected: New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Folk (Music)
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2011.174.52.1a-e
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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