John Elliott Churchville, J.D. Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of seven digital files: 2011.174.33.1a, 2011.174.33.1b, 2011.174.33.1c, 2011.174.33.1d, 2011.174.33.1e, 2011.174.33.1f, and 2011.174.33.1g.

John Churchville, J.D. recalls growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his mother's career as a music teacher, moving to New York, and converting to Islam. He remembers joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), registering voters in Americus, Georgia, and in Mississippi. He discusses moving back to Philadelphia, converting to Christianity, and founding the Freedom Library and Black People's Unity Movement. He is senior pastor of the Liberation Fellowship Church of Jesus.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 15, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: John Elliott Churchville J.D., American, born 1941
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• Subject of: N.S.M Freedom Library, American
• Subject of: Black People's Unity Movement (BPUM), American, founded 1966
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 2 hr., 32 min., 47 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 255.16 GB
• Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Christianity
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2011.174.33.1a-g
• 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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