Charles F. McDew Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Charles F. McDew Oral History Interview: Date: June 4, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Charles F. McDew, American, born 1938.
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The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.21.1a, 2011.174.21.1b, 2011.174.21.1c, 2011.174.21.1d, and 2011.174.21.1e.
Charles McDew recalls growing up in Massillon, Ohio, his family's involvement in the steel mill unions and attending South Carolina State University. He remembers being arrested three times in two days for not obeying segregation laws in South Carolina, founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and registering voters in Mississippi.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: June 4, 2011
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: Charles F. McDew, American, born 1938
- Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
- Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 21 min., 53 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 137.62 GB
- Place collected: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Segregation
- Object number: 2011.174.21.1a-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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