The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dorie Ladner

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dorie Ladner

5/2/2008; 7/24/2008

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2008.079

Civil rights activist and city social service worker Dorie Ladner (1942 - ) is a founding member of the Council of Federated Organizations, and participated in the March on Washington, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the Poor People's March. She was the SNCC project director in Natchez, Mississippi, and a clinical social worker in the Washington, D.C. General Emergency Room and Psychiatry Department. Ladner was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 5/2/2008 and 7/24/2008, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 13; Total Run Time: 06h 14m 50s

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Ladner, Doris Ann, 1942-

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Civil rights activist Dorie Ann Ladner was born on June 28, 1942, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. As an adolescent, she became involved in the NAACP Youth Chapter where Clyde Kennard served as advisor. Ladner got involved in the Civil Rights Movement and wanted to be an activist after hearing about the murder of Emmitt Till. After graduating from Earl Travillion High School as salutatorian, alongside her sister, Joyce Ladner, she went on to enroll at Jackson State University. Dedicated to the fight...