Oral history with Unita Blackwell Wright audio part 2; 1977

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Oral history with Unita Blackwell Wright audio part 2; 1977

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Description: Oral history.; Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which went to the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as an alternative to the all-white, regular Democratic Party of Mississippi. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ms. Blackwell served about ten years as a community development specialist with the National Council of Negro Women. Since 1977 she has served as mayor of the Issaquena County community of Mayersville.

Creator: Blackwell, Unita, 1933-; Garvey, Mike

Date: 1977-04-21; 1977-05-12

Format: Digital reproduction of a 37-minute, 7-second oral history.

Contributors: Electronic version made available through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Notes: This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.

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Source: F341.5 .M57 vol. 334

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