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Oral history.; James A. Brown was born in 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his B. S. degree at Temple University and an M.A in History from Memphis State. He first came to Tougaloo College in Mississippi for an interview in the spring of 1966 and started teaching in the fall of that year. Brown has remained on the faculty at Tougaloo for 35 years at the time of this interview.

Oral history.; James A. Brown was born in 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his B. S. degree at Temple University and an M.A in History from Memphis State. He first came to Tougaloo College in Mississippi for an interview in the spring of 1966 and started teaching in the fall of that year. Brown has remained on the faculty at Tougaloo for 35 years at the time of this interview.

Oral history.; James A. Brown was born in 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his B. S. degree at Temple University and an M.A in History from Memphis State. He first came to Tougaloo College in Mississippi for an interview in the spring of 1966 and started teaching in the fall of that year. Brown has remained on the faculty at Tougaloo for 35 years at the time of this interview.

Oral history.; James A. Brown was born in 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his B. S. degree at Temple University and an M.A in History from Memphis State. He first came to Tougaloo College in Mississippi for an interview in the spring of 1966 and started teaching in the fall of that year. Brown has remained on the faculty at Tougaloo for 35 years at the time of this interview.

Oral history.; Genetta Grim is from Florence, Mississippi and has been a Head Start teacher in Jackson since 1967.

Oral history.; Genetta Grim is from Florence, Mississippi and has been a Head Start teacher in Jackson since 1967.

Oral history.; Mattie Burks Kelly was born in Hinds County, Mississippi in 1913. She recalls experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South, including working for both white and African American store owners, and working as a hospital attendant in Jackson. Mattie Kelly talks about the racial tension and distrust of blacks by the white community. She also discusses the efforts of local Civil Rights and church leadership to register African Americans to vote within the state and the violence these individuals faced as a result. Mattie Kelly concludes her interview with several detailed accounts of home life within the African American community, as well as the racial tension that arose from poor whites who were unable to afford some of the amenities that Mrs. Kelly's family enjoyed from their hard work. Mattie Burks Kelly was 88 at the time of her interview and was married to John Kelly.

Oral history.; Mattie Burks Kelly was born in Hinds County, Mississippi in 1913. She recalls experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South, including working for both white and African American store owners, and working as a hospital attendant in Jackson. Mattie Kelly talks about the racial tension and distrust of blacks by the white community. She also discusses the efforts of local Civil Rights and church leadership to register African Americans to vote within the state and the violence these individuals faced as a result. Mattie Kelly concludes her interview with several detailed accounts of home life within the African American community, as well as the racial tension that arose from poor whites who were unable to afford some of the amenities that Mrs. Kelly's family enjoyed from their hard work. Mattie Burks Kelly was 88 at the time of her interview and was married to John Kelly.

Oral history.; Mattie Burks Kelly was born in Hinds County, Mississippi in 1913. She recalls experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South, including working for both white and African American store owners, and working as a hospital attendant in Jackson. Mattie Kelly talks about the racial tension and distrust of blacks by the white community. She also discusses the efforts of local Civil Rights and church leadership to register African Americans to vote within the state and the violence these individuals faced as a result. Mattie Kelly concludes her interview with several detailed accounts of home life within the African American community, as well as the racial tension that arose from poor whites who were unable to afford some of the amenities that Mrs. Kelly's family enjoyed from their hard work. Mattie Burks Kelly was 88 at the time of her interview and was married to John Kelly.

Oral history.; Mattie Burks Kelly was born in Hinds County, Mississippi in 1913. She recalls experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South, including working for both white and African American store owners, and working as a hospital attendant in Jackson. Mattie Kelly talks about the racial tension and distrust of blacks by the white community. She also discusses the efforts of local Civil Rights and church leadership to register African Americans to vote within the state and the violence these individuals faced as a result. Mattie Kelly concludes her interview with several detailed accounts of home life within the African American community, as well as the racial tension that arose from poor whites who were unable to afford some of the amenities that Mrs. Kelly's family enjoyed from their hard work. Mattie Burks Kelly was 88 at the time of her interview and was married to John Kelly.

Oral history.; Dr. Richard McGinnis, a faculty member at Tougaloo College, first came to Mississippi as a graduate student participating in a joint Harvard, Yale, and Columbia universities recruitment effort directed at African American students in Mississippi. Dr. Ernst Borinski recruited McGinnis and Dr. John Dittmer hired him as a member of the science faculty in 1969. McGinnis married an African American woman in the late 1970s, and he and his wife lived in Edwards, Mississippi, a community that was 75 percent black in the early 1980s, and discusses their lives as an interracial couple in the Deep South. McGinnis discusses transitions in higher education, as well as unintended consequences of the integration of the public school system in Mississippi. He also explores racial relations among the faculty at Tougaloo, as well as student militancy.

Oral history.; Dr. Richard McGinnis, a faculty member at Tougaloo College, first came to Mississippi as a graduate student participating in a joint Harvard, Yale, and Columbia universities recruitment effort directed at African American students in Mississippi. Dr. Ernst Borinski recruited McGinnis and Dr. John Dittmer hired him as a member of the science faculty in 1969. McGinnis married an African American woman in the late 1970s, and he and his wife lived in Edwards, Mississippi, a community that was 75 percent black in the early 1980s, and discusses their lives as an interracial couple in the Deep South. McGinnis discusses transitions in higher education, as well as unintended consequences of the integration of the public school system in Mississippi. He also explores racial relations among the faculty at Tougaloo, as well as student militancy.

Oral history.; Dr. Richard McGinnis, a faculty member at Tougaloo College, first came to Mississippi as a graduate student participating in a joint Harvard, Yale, and Columbia universities recruitment effort directed at African American students in Mississippi. Dr. Ernst Borinski recruited McGinnis and Dr. John Dittmer hired him as a member of the science faculty in 1969. McGinnis married an African American woman in the late 1970s, and he and his wife lived in Edwards, Mississippi, a community that was 75 percent black in the early 1980s, and discusses their lives as an interracial couple in the Deep South. McGinnis discusses transitions in higher education, as well as unintended consequences of the integration of the public school system in Mississippi. He also explores racial relations among the faculty at Tougaloo, as well as student militancy.

Oral history.; Dr. Richard McGinnis, a faculty member at Tougaloo College, first came to Mississippi as a graduate student participating in a joint Harvard, Yale, and Columbia universities recruitment effort directed at African American students in Mississippi. Dr. Ernst Borinski recruited McGinnis and Dr. John Dittmer hired him as a member of the science faculty in 1969. McGinnis married an African American woman in the late 1970s, and he and his wife lived in Edwards, Mississippi, a community that was 75 percent black in the early 1980s, and discusses their lives as an interracial couple in the Deep South. McGinnis discusses transitions in higher education, as well as unintended consequences of the integration of the public school system in Mississippi. He also explores racial relations among the faculty at Tougaloo, as well as student militancy.

Oral history.; Linda Naef was born in 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and moved to Mississippi at the age of 6. She attended segregated schools until the early 1970s when federal mandates brought black and white students and black and white teachers together in public schools. She talks about her experiences in choosing to stay in public school, and making friends with people who were of a different race. The losses and tensions she felt had to do with adults shutting down informal arenas for students to interact. She describes her parents as progressives; they left their church when it refused to admit black adults into its worship service. She talks about her experiences in the integration of neighborhoods, as well as the draft and the Vietnam War being an anxiety among her friends as they became of draft age.