Evans Derrell Hopkins Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.29.1a, 2011.174.29.1b, 2011.174.29.1c, 2011.174.29.1d, 2011.174.29.1e, 2011.174.29.1f, 2011.174.29.1g, 2011.174.29.1h, and 2011.174.29.1i.

Evans Hopkins recalls growing up in Danville, Virginia, and participating in efforts to desegregate public schools and the library. He remembers joining the Black Panther Party in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Oakland, California, and working on Bobby Seale's campaign for Mayor of Oakland. He also discusses his imprisonment for car theft and the high rate of incarceration among African American men.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 7, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Evans Derrell Hopkins, American, born 1954
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
• Subject of: Bobby Seale, American, born 1936
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 58 min., 21 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 196.84 GB
• Place collected: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Danville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Political organizations
• Object number: 2011.174.29.1a-i
• 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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