Oral history with Mr. Ulysses Sims

              Oral history with Mr. Ulysses Sims
F341.5 . M57 vol. 746, pt. 2
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Biography
Born on May 31, 1918, in rural Mendenhall, Mississippi, Mr. Ulysses Sims lost both of his parents as a young child and was reared by his grandparents. In 1936, he entered the Piney Woods School of Mississippi, working to put himself through. In 1940 he finished high school at the Piney Woods School as valedictorian of his class. After two years at Rust College, he entered World War II and served overseas. After returning to the United States at the end of the war, he earned his degree from Rust College, again working to pay his own way through school.
His career in Mississippi schools has included being both a teacher and an administrator. For his volunteer work with the Boy Scouts of America, Mr. Sims received the Silver Beaver Award.
Table of Contents
I. Childhood
II. World War II
III. Segregation
IV. Integrating schools
V. Boy Scouts
VI. Demographics of integration of schools
VII. Psychology of segregation and oppression
VIII. Importance of education to Mr. Sims
IX. High school years
X. African- American naming practices
XI. The Piney Woods School
XII. Cultural milieu
XIII. College
XIV. Dr. Lawrence C. Jones
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