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Oral history; Transcript of interview conducted June 18, 1999 with Ollye Brown Shirley. Ollye Brown Shirley was born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. She graduated from Mound Bayou High School in 1949 and then studied at Tougaloo College. She went on to Mississippi College for a Master's degree in counseling, and she was one of three black students to integrate the school in 1969. She continued her education with an Education Specialist's degree from Jackson State, and a Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in higher education in 1988. Shirley serves as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of First American Bank, an African American-owned bank.

Oral history.; Interview conducted June 18, 1999 with Ollye Brown Shirley. Ollye Brown Shirley was born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. She graduated from Mound Bayou High School in 1949 and then studied at Tougaloo College. She went on to Mississippi College for a Master's degree in counseling, and she was one of three black students to integrate the school in 1969. She continued her education with an Education Specialist's degree from Jackson State, and a Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in higher education in 1988. Shirley serves as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of First American Bank, an African American-owned bank.

Oral history.; Interview conducted June 18, 1999 with Ollye Brown Shirley. Ollye Brown Shirley was born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. She graduated from Mound Bayou High School in 1949 and then studied at Tougaloo College. She went on to Mississippi College for a Master's degree in counseling, and she was one of three black students to integrate the school in 1969. She continued her education with an Education Specialist's degree from Jackson State, and a Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in higher education in 1988. Shirley serves as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of First American Bank, an African American-owned bank.

Oral history; Interview conducted June 18, 1999 with Ollye Brown Shirley. Ollye Brown Shirley was born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. She graduated from Mound Bayou High School in 1949 and then studied at Tougaloo College. She went on to Mississippi College for a Master's degree in counseling, and she was one of three black students to integrate the school in 1969. She continued her education with an Education Specialist's degree from Jackson State, and a Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi in higher education in 1988. Shirley serves as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of First American Bank, an African American-owned bank.