Charles E. Cobb Jr. Oral History
Object number2021.001.0027
Date05/04/2021
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
DimensionsDuration: 82 Minutes
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Charles E. Cobb Jr. An author, former NPR reporter, and the first African American staff writer hired by National Geographic, Cobb was arrested during his first sit-in in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1961. As a civil rights worker with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, Cobb was active in Mississippi from 1962 to 1967. He then took a tour of Vietnam as a SNCC representative.
Interview conducted via Zoom on May 4, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and twenty-two minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryA biography of Charles E. Cobb Jr. as well as a half-hour interview recorded in 1996 may be accessed here as part of the SNCC Digital Gateway project: Charlie Cobb - SNCC Digital Gateway SNCC Digital Gateway. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Charles E. Cobb Jr. is the author of several books, including This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible (2014). An NPR interview with Cobb, in promotion of the book, may be accessed here: 'Guns Kept People Alive' During The Civil Rights Movement : NPR. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
