Oral history with Charlie Parker transcript; 1981

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Oral history with Charlie Parker transcript; 1981

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Description: Oral history.; Transcript of interview conducted on July 22, 1981 with Mr. Charlie Parker at his home in Laurel, Mississippi. Parker was born in the early 1890s in Enterprise, Mississippi. After his family moved to Laurel around the turn of the century, Parker began working for the Eastman Gardner sawmill at the age of eleven. He stayed with the mill for nearly thirty years. Parker began work as a water carrier and worked his way up to the position of block setter. In 1937, he borrowed money to open a taxicab company in Laurel, which operated in the city until 1964. Parker discusses race relations in Laurel, Mississippi in the sixties.

Creator: Caudill, Orley B.; Parker, Charlie

Date: 1981-07-22

Format: Digital reproduction of a 35-page transcript.

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Collection: African-American History.

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Source: F341.5 .M57 vol. 400

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