Social Justice Oral History Project List

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DIGITAL ORAL HISTORY AS SOCIAL ACTIVISM

Oral History Activism Sites

LGBT

Act Up - http://www.actuporalhistory.org/index1.html

The ACT UP Oral History Project is a collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York.

Lesbians and Gays in The Mountains Oral History Project - Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History - http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/series/18744/lesbians-and-gays-mountains-oral-history-project - This project consists of one interview concerning the experiences of gays and lesbians in Appalachia.

AIDS Activism Oral History Project - Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History - http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/collections/aids-activism-oral-history-project - This national oral history project covers AIDS activism, activists, and their involvement in the group ACTUP.

An Activist Life Oral History Project - https://www.smith.edu/library/libs/ssc/activist/activists-intro.html

- A collection of life histories of women who have dedicated their lives as to causes such as the LGBT rights, women’s health, education, peace, and environmental stability.

Race

Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations - Brooklyn Historical Society - http://cbbg.brooklynhistory.org/about - Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations examines the history and experiences of mixed-heritage people and families, cultural hybridity, race, ethnicity, and identity in the historically diverse borough of Brooklyn.

Black women oral history project: oral history , 1976-1980. – Columbia Center for Oral History - http://oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu/document.php?id=ldpd_4072602 – Memoirs of selected black American women aged seventy and over who had strong impacts on their communities through either their professional contributions or voluntary service. The participants, who represent different areas of the United States, speak candidly of growing up during the early years of the struggle for racial equality, prior to the civil rights movement. Emphasizes the effect of race and gender on an individual's success.

The Race and Change Initiative - http://proteus.fau.edu/raceandchange/ - Cross-cultural public forums using archival oral history interviews, video, and podcasts discussing differences across races and ethnicities. It includes over 125 audio-taped and videotaped interviews.

Suffragists - California State University - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000075&suite=def - The suffrage series was initiated in 1972. The eight narrators interviewed were active in the suffrage movement in the early part of the 20th century and full life histories were recorded for 4 of the women.

Racial Integration of the Armed Forces Oral History Project - Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History - http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/series/18981/racial-integration-armed-forces-oral-history-project - The U.S. military was officially integrated after World War II in 1948. This project focuses on the lives and careers of servicemen, specifically their personal experiences during the process of racial desegregation in the military.

Discussed are the racial tension in various units, how racist attitudes affected their community, and feelings about African American officers.

Anne Braden Oral History Project – Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History - http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/collections/anne-braden-oral-history-project - This project focuses on the life of Anne Braden, an antiracist activist, organizer, and journalist.

Oral History Interview with Gert Rosenthal – Columbia Center for Oral History - http://oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu/results.php?component_text=%22Social+justice--Economic+aspects--

Latin+America.%22&limit_subject_t=on&repository_code=nnc-oh – This interview contains information on the social justice economic aspects of Latin America and information about Women Government policy Latin

America, Women Government policy Caribbean Area, and Environmental policy Latin America.

Civil Rights/Human Rights

Civil rights in Alabama project: oral history, 1964 . - Columbia Center for Oral History - http://oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu/document.php?id=ldpd_4074006 - Leaders and participants in the movement at

Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1964 describe clashes with local law enforcement personnel, culminating in the tear gassing of the First Baptist Church. Included are the transcripts of two mass meetings and interviews with residents expressing widely varying attitudes towards the movement.

The Rule of law oral history project [electronic resource], 2008-2010. – Columbia Center for Oral History - http://oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu/document.php?id=ldpd_8620285 – Major historical themes: perspectives on the legal, political and social histories of civil and human rights; personal experiences of those in conflict with criminal or military justice system; and the legal, political and moral responses of individuals and movements that fight to preserve the rule of law in the contemporary United States.

Free Speech Movement Oral History Project - University of California Berkley – http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/fsm/index.html

- Interviews with students, lawyers, protesters, and witnesses involved with the Free Speech Movement rallies on the University of California’s Berkeley campus in the fall of 1964.

Managing Protest at a Public University - Regional Oral History Office, U.C. Berkley - http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/six_weeks/index.html

Chancellor Heyman and many of his staff from UC Berkeley tell how the campus administration handled the anti-apartheid sit-ins, sleep-ins, and other forms of protest that took place during April and May of 1985.

DIGITAL ORAL HISTORY AS SOCIAL ACTIVISM

Oral History Activism Sites

St Mary-le-Bow public debates - http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/St-Mary-le-Bow-public-debates - Recordings of public debates hosted by James McCulloch at St. Mary-le-Bow Church in London which were recorded weekly from 1964-1979. The talks covered a wide variety of topics within social ethics and philosophy.

The Sixties: Los Angeles Area Social Movements/Activists – California State university - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CommunityViewPage.external;jsessionid=C74D3F3ECCDEB3FCB184C5A71DA9F273?lang=eng&sp=1000053&suite=def - The series grouped here under the rubric of “the sixties” are a compilation of interviews conducted as part of various other projects. No series focused on the Black movement(s) of the period.

Los Angeles Resistance - California State university - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000142&suite=def - Focuses on the Los Angeles Resistance protesting the draft during the Vietnam War.

Disability

The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement – University of California Berkley - http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/drilm/collection/collection.html

- Oral histories with key members of the independent living and disability rights movement of the 1960s onward.

Leaders with Developmental Disabilities in the Self-Advocacy Movement – Regional Oral History Office, U.C. Berkley - http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/collections/subjectarea/ics_movements/self_advocacy.html

- This project explores the life stories of thirteen leaders in the self-advocacy movement and their perspectives on key issues and leadership challenges.

Feminism

Asian American Women's Movement Activists - California State University - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000068&suite=def – These interviews give the perspective of Asian American feminist activists May Ying Chen, Miya Iwataki, and Evelyn Yoshimura, and male activist Alan Nishio on the Asian American women’s movement in southern California during the 1960s and 70s.

Chicana Feminists - California State University - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000069&suite=def - Recorded interviews with the Chicana feminists Sylvia

Castillo, Marisela Chavez, Leticia Hernandez, Yolanda Nava, Consuelo Nieto, Corinne Sanchez. This collection discusses their activism in the 60s and 70s and their experiences with and within the Chicano activist movement.

Feminist Health Movement - California State University - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000070&suite=def - Interviews with Carol Downer, Lorraine Rothman, and Vi Verreaux and discusses their role within the feminist health movement.

Los Angeles Feminists - California State University - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000071&suite=def - This series includes interviews with a few of the women who were key players in some of the Los Angeles feminist groups and/or institutions, such as NOW, during the 1960s and 70s.

Reformers and Radicals - California State University - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000073&suite=def - While this series is focused on the range of reform and radical activities of women, the fuller life histories also document their work and family lives.

Welfare Mothers, Welfare Rights - California State University - http://symposia.library.csulb.edu/iii/cpro/CollectionViewPage.external?lang=eng&sp=1000076&suite=def - Included in this developing oral history series is the history of Johnnie Tillmon who was one of the founders of the ANC Mothers Anonymous of Watts. Focuses on the relationship between welfare rights activism has gained its voice in the larger feminist/social justice movement.

Women Coal Miners Oral History Project - Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History - http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/series/18753/women-coal-miners-oral-history-project - This project consists of interviews concerning women coal miners in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. Topics include coal mining, coal camps, unions, Great Depression, sexism, poverty, Native Americans in Appalachia, economic conditions, political activism, and environmental pollution.

Miscellaneous

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Oral History Project - http://archives.library.wisc.edu/oral-history/overview.html

- Over 1400 interviews with University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty, students, staff, and administrators on such topics as campus history, protests against the Vietnam War, racial and gender equality, academic freedom, the Depression, and the return of soldiers after WWII.

Idaho State Historical Society - http://history.idaho.gov/oral-history-projects - Contains more than 3,100 audio and video interviews on topics ranging from social activism to the Veterans History Project.

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