Several oral history collections at the Louie B. Nunn Center for
Oral History pertain to various aspects of the Civil Rights
Movement in the United States. Topics range from interviews
about life under segregation and the desegregation of education
to interviews with prominent civil rights activists. These
collections explore the collective struggle to end legal
segregation as well as discuss individual acts of resistance
that normally, without oral history, would not make it into the
historical record. You can browse specific oral history subjects
below or click on the Collections tab and browse collections
related to the Civil Rights Movement. This guide is also
searchable. The Nunn Center The Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights
Oral History Project is a collection of interviews concerning
the Civil Rights movement and the socioeconomic, cultural, and
political struggles of African Americans. Conducted in 1964 by
Kentucky native, author, and first poet laureate of the United
States, Robert Penn Warren, these in