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Interview with Dave Dennis
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Title
Interview with Dave Dennis
Subject
Dennis, Dave
Mississippi
Mississippi Freedom Project
African Americans -- Segregation
Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964.
Murder -- Mississippi -- Neshoba County -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi Freedom Project
African Americans -- Segregation
Suffrage -- Mississippi.
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi Freedom Project
African Americans -- Segregation
Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964.
Murder -- Mississippi -- Neshoba County -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi Freedom Project
African Americans -- Segregation
Suffrage -- Mississippi.
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi
Description
Filmed interview with Dave Dennis, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on Nov. 10, 1985, for Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965). Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.
Topics include Freedom Summer, Medgar Evers, James Chaney, and Dennis' reaction to their murders. Also Dennis' work with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's challenge to the official Democratic Party.
Topics include Freedom Summer, Medgar Evers, James Chaney, and Dennis' reaction to their murders. Also Dennis' work with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's challenge to the official Democratic Party.
Creator
Blackside, Inc.
Source
Title: 3845 Eyes on the prize [interviews]
Date
1985-11-10
Rights
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Libraries. Film & Media Archive
Relation
http://mavisweb.wulib.wustl.edu:81/mavisDetail/TitleWork/key/245
Format
transcript
Language
en
Type
document
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
typescript
Citation
Blackside, Inc. , “Interview with Dave Dennis,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed June 26, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/8350.
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