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An Oral History with Curtis C. Bryant
This oral history is provided through a cooperative project of USM Libraries and USM's Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage It is presented here for reference purposes only. Interviews in this collection are protected by copyright and PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Please call ( 601) 266- 4574 for more information.
Biography
Mr. Curtis C. Bryant was born in Walthall County, Mississippi on January 15, 1917. He is a survivor of the Great Depression. He worked for the railroad from 1940 through 1979, during which time he was an active member of the railroad union. He also owned and operated his own barber shop. In 1961, Bob Moses stayed in Mr. Bryant's home and together Mr. Bryant and Mr. Moses became the catalysts to start the voter registration drive for African- Americans in Mississippi. Additionally, Mr. Bryant was active in the NAACP and the Democratic party. In retaliation for his civil rights advocacy work, Mr. Bryant's barber shop was bombed, and he received threatening phone calls. Mr. Bryant plans to write a book regarding his lifetime of work in the civil rights movement.
Topics Discussed
Early childhood Bob Moses in McComb Bombing of Bryant's barber shop Writing of Bryant's book The Great Depression Burgland High School students' sit- in Louis Farrakhan and the March on Washington
Transcript
This is an interview for the Mississippi Oral History Program of The University of Southern Mississippi. The interview is with Curtis C. Bryant and is taking place on November 11, 1995. The interviewer is Jimmy Dykes. Dykes: Good afternoon, Mr. Bryant. I'd like to start out by asking you when you were born and where you were born.
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Curtis C. Bryant |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 11, 1995 with Curtis C. Bryant (born 1917). In 1961, Mr. Bryant and Bob Moses became the catalysts to start the voter registration drive in Mississippi. Bryant was also active in the NAACP and the Democratic Party. In retaliation for his civil rights work, his barber shop was bombed. |
| Date of interview | 11 November 1995 |
| Interviewer | Dykes, Jimmy. |
| Coverage (time period) | Primarily the early 1960s. |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 10-page document. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) |
| Contributors | Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Notes | This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. |
| Rights | Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |
| Contributing institution | Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Digital repository | University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. |
| Digital collection | Oral History. |
| File size | 200.376 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.bryantc |
| File name | mus-coh.bryantc.pdf |
