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Memphis Tennessee Garrison (Bickley, Ancella R. (Hrsg.) / Ewen, Lynda Ann (Hrsg.))
Memphis Tennessee Garrison
Untertitel The Remarkable Story of a Black Appalachian Woman
Autor Bickley, Ancella R. (Hrsg.) / Ewen, Lynda Ann (Hrsg.)
Verlag Ohio University Press
Sprache Englisch
Einband Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
Seiten 288 S.
Artikelnummer 9336275
ISBN 978-0-8214-1374-6
Reihe Series in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Appalachia
CHF 35.50
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Zusammenfassung
This oral history, based on interview transcripts, is the untold story of African American life in West Virginia, as seen through the eyes of a remarkable woman: Memphis Tennessee Garrison, an innovative teacher, administrative worker at US Steel, and vice president of the National Board of the NAACP at the height of the civil rights struggle.

A history of Memphis Tennessee Garrison, a teacher, worker at US Steel, and vice-president of the National Board of the NAACP at the height of the civil rights struggle (1963-66). Based on interview transcripts, it is the story of African-American life in a West Virginia company town.

Ancella Bickley is a retired Professor of English and Vice President for Academic Affairs at West Virginia State College. Lynda Ann Ewen is a professor of sociology at Marshall University, where she directs the Oral History of Appalachia Program and is co-director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia.