Oral history with Howard Jeffries audio part 1; 2000

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Oral history with Howard Jeffries audio part 1; 2000

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Description: Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 29, 2000. Howard Jeffries was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on January 16, 1943. Jeffries was active with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Initially, attending nightly meetings at the Freedom House in Holly Springs, Mr. Jeffries eventually participated in voter registration and school integration drives and other civil rights events including the March on Washington, the James Meredith March, and events that occurred during the Selma to Montgomery marches. While he was unharmed during the marches, Mr. Jeffries experienced an aggressive confrontation with a police officer in Senatobia, Mississippi. Other experiences with SNCC include work at field offices in Mississippi, and Alabama, and the print shop in Atlanta, Georgia. After SNCC disbanded, Jeffries relocated to Memphis, Tennessee.

Creator: Clark, Gloria; Jeffries, Howard

Date: 2000-10-29

Format: Digital reproduction of a 47-minute, 31-second oral history.

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Collection: Mississippi Oral History Project: Rust College

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Source: F341.5 .M57

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