Phil Hutchings Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.42.1a, 2011.174.42.1b, 2011.174.42.1c, 2011.174.42.1d, 2011.174.42.1e, 2011.174.42.1f, 2011.174.42.1g, 2011.174.42.1h, 2011.174.42.1i, and 2011.174.42.1j.

Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), protesting at the White Rice Inn in Maryland, and working with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. He discusses moving to Newark, New Jersey, to work for SNCC, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and the Newark Community Union Project. He also recalls organizing District of Columbia residents for the March on Washington and witnessing the Newark riots in 1967.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 1, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Phil Hutchings, American, born 1942
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Howard University, American, founded 1867
• Subject of: Howard University Nonviolent Action Group, American, founded 1960s
• Subject of: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
• Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• Subject of: Students for a Democratic Society, American, 1960 - 1969
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 2 hr., 43 min., 40 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 278.36 GB
• Place collected: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Place collected: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Race riots
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2011.174.42.1a-j
• 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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