Folklife Today

Civil Rights History Project


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With the help of colleagues from the National Museum of African American History and Culture as well as AFC staff, Stephen Winick and John Fenn explore the collaborative collection known as the Civil Rights History Project. You’ll learn about the piece of Congressional legislation that mandated the project, as well as the various roles that the Smithsonian Institution and Library of Congress have played in generating and maintaining the collection. You’ll find out about some of the fieldwork behind the interviews, as well as the more technical concerns that run through a born-digital collection. And you’ll hear several interview clips from the collection, all chosen by guests on the episode. The Civil Rights History Project is a valuable and rich collection hosted on the Library’s website, and this episode will help you understand a bit about what goes on behind the scenes when it comes to making such a collection available to the public.
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