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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Ernie Suggs author of The Many Lives of Andrew Young. He was honored at the C. T. and Octavia Vivian Kaleidoscope awards in April 2022.
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The film also will be shown during In the Wake of Slavery and Dispossession, a symposium hosted by Emory Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
A collection of Rev. C.T. Vivian’s papers in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library has seen a recent jump in activity, with new material added from the family, research conducted for an upcoming documentary and instructional use by Emory classes.
The materials have been in particularly high demand since the civil rights activist passed away on July 17, 2020, at age 95. The C.T. and Octavia Vivian papers were originally placed with the Rose Library in 2014, containing notes and articles pertaining to civil rights activities and issues; Octavia’s work on “Coretta,” a biography she wrote about Coretta Scott King; congressional materials related to the creation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday; as well as periodicals, C.T.’s outlines for speeches and notes he jotted on napkins and event programs, and o
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At anniversary of C.T. Vivian s death, the work of the C.T. and Octavia Vivian Museum and Archives (CTOVMA), https://ctovma.org/ a nonprofit set up by C.T. to protect and preserve the 6,000-volume collection of books written mostly by African American writers continues to inspire Civil Rights leaders of today.
In 2013, President Barack Obama presented C.T. with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, I am only here thanks to C.T. Vivian and all the heroes in that civil rights generation. The trail they blazed gave today’s generation of activists a roadmap.