Annie Pearl Avery

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Title

Annie Pearl Avery

Subject

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)--1960-1970.
Freedom Rides, 1961
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham

Description

Annie Pearl Avery discusses her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement after returning to Birmingham at the age of 14. From trying to join the Freedom Riders to marching on Bloody Sunday, she demonstrated and was arrested in both Alabama and Georgia throughout the 1960s. Annie details her involvement with SNCC and the future of activism.

Date

2014-06-03

Format

video

Identifier

20140603A

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Laura Anderson

Interviewee

Annie Pearl Avery

Interview Keyword

Voter registration

Files

AAveryTH.jpg


Citation

“Annie Pearl Avery,” BCRI Oral History Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://bcriohp.org/items/show/22.