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Moments of the Movement
The National Museum of African American History and Cultures (NMAAHC) Civil Rights History Project, created by an act of Congress in 2009, is a joint effort of the Library of Congress and NMAAHC to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individualsmany who are unheraldedwho participated in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Language: en-us Genres: News Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Dorie Ann Ladner and Dr. Joyce Ann Ladner
Friday, 30 August, 2013
The Civil Rights Movement is sometimes portrayed as the courageous efforts of individual men and women whose bigger-than-life heroism transformed American society. While working to prepare for the March on Washington in 1963, two sisters from Mississippi, Dorie Ann and Joyce Ann Ladner, realized there was a far reach of supporters for the Movement—from the unnamed every day person to internationally renowned entertainers. These 19- and 20-year-old sisters also realized that the constant emphasis on big-name civil rights icons was leading them to become ambivalent toward some leaders in the Movement—one in particular.
