Doris Adelaide Derby Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Doris Adelaide Derby Oral History Interview: Date: April 26, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.8.1a, 2011.174.8.1b, 2011.174.8.1c, 2011.174.8.1d, 2011.174.8.1e, 2011.174.8.1f, 2011.174.8.1g, and 2011.174.8.1h.
Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She talks about going to an Episcopal church. She recalls her work in African art and dance, and traveling to Albany, Georgia, to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with voter registration. She remembers teaching adult literacy in Mississippi with SNCC, starting the Free Southern Theater, and working for Head Start.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 26, 2011
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022
- Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
- Subject of: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Subject of: NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
- Subject of: Hunter College, American, founded 1870
- Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Subject of: Free Southern Theater, American, 1963 - 1980
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 51 min., 5 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 188.48 GB
- Place collected: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Art
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Education
- Object number: 2011.174.8.1a-h
- 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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