Collaboration with Duke University – 2013 to Present

The SNCC Legacy Project is collaborating with the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African American History & Culture various projects. These projects include:

 

The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Convention in Jackson, MS.
The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Convention in Jackson, MS.

One Person, One Vote Website

This website was the first joint project between the SNCC Legacy Project and the John Hope Franklin Center for African American History & Culture at Duke University. The website was a precursor of the SNCC Digital Gateway.

 

Voting Rights Conference panel at Duke University in 2015.
Voting Rights Conference panel at Duke University in 2015.

Voting Rights Conference 2015

The Voting Rights Conference brought SNCC veterans and members of organizations such as the Movement 4 Black Lives, Dream Defenders, Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ), United We Dream, NAACP and the Young People’s Project (YPP) together to discuss ways of expanding democracy for marginalized communities.

 

SNCC Digital

SNCC Digital Gateway 2015-2018

The SNCC Digital Gateway tells the history of SNCC from the perspective of SNCC veterans. The purpose of the SDG is also to pass on informational wealth gathered during the 1960’s Movement to subsequent generations.

 

The MDFP Critical Oral History session at Duke University in 2018
The MDFP Critical Oral History session at Duke University in 2018

Critical Oral History – MFDP 2016

Movement veterans who were part of the organizing in Mississippi and the creation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) discuss the difficult decisions and their consequences during the 1964 Freedom Summer Project.

 

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) chatting with Lowndes County resident in 1965
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) chatting with Lowndes County resident in 1965

Critical Oral History – Black Power 2016

SNCC veterans discuss the emergence and call for Black Power as a natural progression from their work in Lowndes County, Alabama.

 

Participants in the Voting Rights Book Project at Duke University in 2018
Participants in the Voting Rights Book Project at Duke University in 2018

Our Story, Our Terms 2021-2023

The stories of the 1960s Movement veterans who were impacted by the death of Emmett Till, the millennials who were impacted by the death of Trayvon Martin, and the GenZers who were impacted by the death of George Floyd will all tell their stories in this project funded by the Mellon Foundation.

 

Zapruder & Journal of African American History
Zapruder & Journal of African American History

Zapruder & Journal of African American History Articles

Articles on the SNCC Digital Gateway published in Zapruder Italian magazine and in the Journal of African American History published by Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).

 

A Grassroots Leadership and Arts for Social Change Primer

Article on critical oral history published in A Grassroots Leadership and Arts for Social Change Primer.