Oral history with Ruby Lee Dickey audio part 1; 2010

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Oral history with Ruby Lee Dickey audio part 1; 2010

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Description: Oral history.; Interview conducted April 24, 2010 with Ruby Lee Dickey. Dickey discusses her family of origin, hard-working parents who valued education. She describes her husband Marvin Dickey's experiences in participating in the Biloxi Beach Wade-ins and the violence that followed. Describes gains in equality since the 1960s as well as the persistence of racism.

Creator: Austin, Curtis J., 1969-; Dickey, Ruby Lee

Date: 2010-04-24

Format: Digital reproduction of a 19-minute, 49-second oral history.

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Collection: Biloxi Beach Wade-In 50th Anniversary.

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Source: F341.5 .M57 vol. 1049

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