Oral history with Ms. Lucy Hutton-Seaberry-Moore

              Oral history with Ms. Lucy Hutton- Seaberry- Moore
F341.5 . M57 vol. 748, pt. 1
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Biography
Ms. Lucy Hutton- Seaberry- Moore was born on October 17, 1945, in Cleveland, Mississippi. Her father left Mississippi when she was a child, going to Tennessee to find work. Although her mother and her seven siblings made their living by chopping and picking cotton, her mother made sure that she and her siblings also attended school at least half a day. The Cleveland schools were segregated, and Ms. Hutton- Seaberry- Moore attended all- black schools. In 1964, Ms. Hutton- Seaberry- Moore was graduated from Eastside High School; she then attended Coahoma Junior College and Delta State University. She was the first African- American student to enter Delta State University, and she played intramural sports there in the 1960s.
As an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, Ms. Hutton- Seaberry- Moore attended rallies, and alongside Amzie Moore and Northern volunteers, she taught adult literacy to facilitate voter registration during the 1960s.
In 1968, Ms. Hutton- Seaberry- Moore was graduated from Delta State University and returned to Eastside High School as a coach. Her current record there is 752 wins and 160 losses. She has taken her team to the state championships every year, winning there one year.
Table of Contents
I. Childhood
II. Chopping and picking cotton
III. Cleveland, Mississippi, 1940s
IV. Civil rights activism
V. Civil Rights Movement
VI. Amzie Moore
VII. Voter registration
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