Oral history with Johnnie Faye Inge transcript; 1998

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Oral history with Johnnie Faye Inge transcript; 1998

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Description: Oral history.; Transcript of interview with Johnnie Faye Inge conducted on November 28, 1998. Johnnie Faye Inge was born in Laurel, Mississippi on July 14, 1948. She was one of the first African American students to integrate the previously all-white Meridian High School in 1965. She attended Meridian Community College for two years and was then hired by Citizens National Bank as their first black employee. Inge continued her education in Dallas, Texas at Bishop College (later named Paul Quinn College). After graduation, she attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas where she studied journalism and received an internship at the Dallas Morning News. Inge worked in radio and television for a number of years in Meridian. She later attended Mississippi State University where she received her teaching certificate and M.A. degree. She has served on several boards including the NAACP, the Lauderdale County Keep America Beautiful Commission, and the Lauderdale County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. She presently teaches English at Marion Park School in Meridian.

Creator: Inge, Johnnie Faye; Williams, Donald

Date: 1998-11-28

Format: Digital reproduction of a 26-page transcript.

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Collection: Civil Rights Documentation Project: Meridian

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Source: E185.93 .M6 C58 vol. 1

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