David Mercer Ackerman and Satoko Ito Ackerman Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.53.1a, 2011.174.53.1b, 2011.174.53.1c, 2011.174.53.1d, 2011.174.53.1e, and 2011.174.53.1f. There is also a photograph and a newspaper clipping that relate to the interview. They are 2011.174.53.3 and 2011.174.53.4.

David and Satoko Ackerman recall meeting at the Chicago Theological Seminary and remember their classmate the Reverend Jesse Jackson urging students to attend the Selma to Montgomery March. They recall traveling to Selma, participating in the march, and their later life in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 20, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: David Mercer Ackerman, American, born 1942
• Interview of: Satoko Ito Ackerman, Japanese American, born 1939
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Chicago Theological Seminary, American, founded 1855
• Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 1 min., 44 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 103.91 GB
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Christianity
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2011.174.53.1a-f
• 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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