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Guide to Source Material for Anti-Racist Activists and Thinkers

C.T. Vivian (1924-2020)

Biographical Articles

C.T. Vivian (Contemporary Black Biography)
C. T. Vivian: Baptist Champion of Civil Rights
Biographical journal article about C.T. Vivian.

Obituaries

Writings

Black Power and the American Myth by C.T. Vivian
Publication Date: Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1970

One the first inside accounts of looking at the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Interviews

Interview with C.T. Vivian (Eyes on the Prize)
(Runtime:1:09:45; Jan. 23, 1986).
C. T. (Cordy Tindell) Vivian Interview (Voices Across the Color Line)
(Runtime: 2:02:42; March 9, 2006) Record in the Civil Rights Digital Library linking to an oral history interview with C.T. Vivian in the Atlanta History Center's "Voices Across the Color Line Oral History Collection".
C. T. (Cordy Tindell) Vivian Interview, Part 2 (Voices Across the Color Line)
(Runtime: 6:03:57; March 15, April 6, May 2 2006) Record in the Civil Rights Digital Library linking to an oral history interview with C.T. Vivian in the Atlanta History Center's "Voices Across the Color Line Oral History Collection".
C. T. Vivian Oral History Interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 March 29 (Library of Congress)
(Runtime: 4:07:34; Recorded March 29, 2011). Extensive oral history interview with C.T. Vivian, by Taylor Branch.

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