The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Reverend Dr. C.T. Vivian

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Reverend Dr. C.T. Vivian

3/7/2004; 10/5/2016

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2004.020

Civil rights leader and minister Reverend Dr. C.T. Vivian (1924 - ) was a close friend and lieutenant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and was an active member of both SNCC and the SCLC, participated in the Freedom Rides, and founded the Black Action Strategies and Information Center. Vivian was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/7/2004 and 10/5/2016, in Atlanta, Georgia and Selma, Alabama. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 11; Total Run Time: 05h 20m 15s

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Reverend C. T. Vivian was born Cordy Tindell Vivian on July 30, 1924 in Howard County, Missouri. As a small boy he migrated with his mother to Macomb, Illinois, where he attended Lincoln Grade School and Edison Junior High School. Vivian graduated from Macomb High School in 1942 and went on to attend Western Illinois University in Macomb, where he worked as the sports editor for the school newspaper.His first professional job was recreation director for the Carver Community Center in Peoria, Ill...