Capturing Their Stories: Collecting Oral Histories From Users Of Segregated Libraries In The South (Presentation For The Southern History Of Education Society Annual Meeting, March 2017),
2017
University of Southern Mississippi
Capturing Their Stories: Collecting Oral Histories From Users Of Segregated Libraries In The South (Presentation For The Southern History Of Education Society Annual Meeting, March 2017), Matthew R. Griffis
Publications and Other Resources
From the conference program: "This presentation reviews the progress of a federally-funded, 3-year historical study that explores how segregated Carnegie libraries were used as places of community-making, interaction, and learning for African Americans in the days of Jim Crow. Known then as “Carnegie colored libraries,” these public libraries opened in eight southern states between 1900 and 1925 and were an extension of the well-known library development program funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Some operated for as many as six decades until, by the 1970s, most had closed or were integrated into the library systems of their larger …
Rocco Muffi,
2017
Duquesne University
Rocco Muffi, Rocco Muffi
Duquesne Veterans’ Oral History Project
Rocco Muffi [b. 1945] is a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the US Army from 1969 to 1971. He attended Duquesne University prior to his service 1964 to 1968.
Oral History With Houston A. Baker,
2017
University of Southern Mississippi
Oral History With Houston A. Baker, Matthew R. Griffis
Oral History Archive
Born in March of 1943, Houston Alfred Baker Jr. grew up in segregated Louisville. His mother was a schoolteacher; his father served as chief administrator of the city’s African-American hospital, the Red Cross Hospital, and had earned a master’s degree in hospital administration from Northwestern University on a Rockefeller fellowship. When Baker was a child, his family lived on Virginia Avenue, where Baker attended Virginia Avenue Elementary School. After his family moved to Broadway Street, Baker attended Western Elementary, later Western Junior High School, and then Male High School before leaving for Howard University in 1961. The family attended Grace …
Denise Conway,
2017
Kenyon College
Denise Conway, Denise Conway, Maria Brescia-Weiler, Jordan Guy-Mozenter
Stories of Knox County Interviews
No abstract provided.
George Downing Interview For The Veterans' Voices Project,
2017
Wright State University - Main Campus
George Downing Interview For The Veterans' Voices Project, George Downing, David Berry
Veterans' Voices
George Downing joined the United States Navy in 1963. He served in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Pakistan. He was discharged 1969.
Jerry Day,
2017
Kenyon College
Jerry Day, Jerry Day, Mary Grace Detmer, Hannah Klubeck
Stories of Knox County Interviews
No abstract provided.
The Confessions Of A Goat: An Oral History On The Resistances Of An Indigenous Community,
2017
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
The Confessions Of A Goat: An Oral History On The Resistances Of An Indigenous Community, Prabhakar Jayaprakash
The Qualitative Report
Betta Kurumba is an indigenous (also known as Adivasi / tribal) community living in the Gudalur block of Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India. This district is part of the Western Ghats mountain range that runs parallel to the Western Coast of India. It is an anthropological research on a hamlet, Koodamoola, located inside a tea and coffee plantation, the Golden Cloud Estate (pseudonym). Few years ago, the owner (under legal contestation) of this plantation attempted to enforce a ban on rearing of livestock arbitrarily. Betta Kurumbas did not agree to this enforcement since they are the ancient inhabitants of this …
Oral History With Maxine Turner,
2017
University of Southern Mississippi
Oral History With Maxine Turner, Matthew R. Griffis
Oral History Archive
Maxine Turner was born in 1940 in Holt, Alabama, and moved to Meridian, Mississippi when she was three years-old. After living in the George Reese Courts, Turner’s family moved to 34th Avenue and 13th Street in the northwest part of town. They attended St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church, just across the street from the 13th Street library.
Turner began using the library when she was in third grade, mostly for personal reading and to support her schooling. She attended several of Meridian’s segregated schools, including St. Joseph Catholic School, Meridian Baptist Seminary, Wechsler Junior High School and …
Guest Editor's Introduction,
2017
Cuyahoga Community College
Guest Editor's Introduction, Sherlynn Allen-Harris
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Acknowledgments And Disclaimer,
2017
The RASHAD Center, Inc.
Acknowledgments And Disclaimer, Regennia N. Williams
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
The Rule,
2017
Bongiorno Productions
The Rule, Marylou And Jerome Bongiorno
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
2018 Call For Submissions,
2017
The RASHAD Center, Inc.
2018 Call For Submissions, Regennia N. Williams
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Leonard Bagalwa,
2017
Brigham Young University
Leonard Bagalwa, Leonard Bagalwa, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Leonard was forced to join the military at the age of 17 in his home country of the Congo. A Catholic priest smuggled me out of the country and I lived in refugee camps in several different countries until 2004 when he came to the United States.
In 2005, a couple came to Leonard when he was homeless in the Provo library. They found out that he needed help and offered to let me live with them. They ended up paying my tuition for my education and I went to college for five years.
Leonard uses his experiences to teach …
A Former Student And Colleague Remembers Gil Scott-Heron,
2017
Musician and Activist
A Former Student And Colleague Remembers Gil Scott-Heron, Linwood Gato Martinez-Bentley
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
The Legacy Of Gil Scott-Heron,
2017
The RASHAD Center, Inc.
The Legacy Of Gil Scott-Heron, Regennia N. Williams
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Ua1f A Mascot For The Western Hilltoppers,
2017
Western Kentucky University
Ua1f A Mascot For The Western Hilltoppers, Wku Archives
WKU Administration Documents
Article written by Chester Travelstead about his adventures as athletic mascot for E.A. Diddle.
Books: Suggestions For Further Reading,
2017
The RASHAD Center, Inc.
Books: Suggestions For Further Reading, Regennia N. Williams
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
The Value Of Black Lives: The Effect Of The Digital Age On African American Identity And Political Participation,
2017
University of the District of Columbia
The Value Of Black Lives: The Effect Of The Digital Age On African American Identity And Political Participation, Lauren Grimes
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Table Of Contents,
2017
The RASHAD Center, Inc.
Table Of Contents, Regennia N. Williams
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Revolution '67,
2017
Bongiorno Productions
Revolution '67, Marylou And Jerome Bongiorno
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
