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Category: Alan Lomax

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Exhibit Now Open

Posted by: Kate Stewart

The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom opened at the Library of Congress on September 10th. This exhibit draws from collections across the library to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the act. It covers America’s long history of discrimination and segregation, the grassroots movement for civil rights, and the efforts of …

Posted in: African Americans, Alan Lomax, Civil Rights, Civil Rights History Project, Exhibits, Oral History, Veterans History Project

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Photographs of the Southern Freedom Movement in the Alan Lomax Collection

Posted by: Kate Stewart

Ever since the Civil Rights History Project Act was passed in 2009, archivists at the American Folklife Center have kept their eyes and ears open for items related to the Southern Freedom Movement as they process collections. Todd Harvey, curator of the Alan Lomax Collection (AFC 2004/004), recently noticed a folder of twenty-one photographs in …

Posted in: African Americans, Alan Lomax, Civil Rights, Civil Rights History Project, Folk Music, SNCC