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An Oral History with Mr. Troy Catchings Jr.
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
Troy Catchings was born in Abbeville, Mississippi, on February 1, 1942. His family moved to Clarksdale when he was six months old, and he has lived there since. He attended Clarksdale public schools and earned a degree in mathematics from Jackson State University. From 1964 to 1966, Catchings worked in Chicago. In 1966 Bennie Gooden, then deputy director of Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. ( COI), a multifaceted, antipoverty agency that serves the African American and poor white communities of Clarksdale and Coahoma County, offered him a position. In his more than thirty years with COI, Catchings has served as technical assistant, worked with the adult education program, and is the current director.
Topics Discussed
Background Summer Neighborhood Youth Corps program ( 1967) Neighborhood Outreach Centers Coahoma Legal Aid, Inc. Role of the Neighborhood centers' outreach workers Adult Basic Education ( ABE) program Employer reaction to ABE, white backlash Significant social change as a result of Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. ( COI) Shortcomings of COI programs Most successful aspects of COI Head Start Future of COI
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Mr. Troy Catchings Jr. |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Troy Catchings, Jr. (born 1942). In 1966, he began working with Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), an antipoverty agency that serves the African-American and poor white communities of Clarksdale and Coahoma County. In his more than thirty years with COI, Catchings has served as techincal assistant and worked with the adult education program. At the time of this interview, he was director of COI. |
| Date of interview | 15 March 1994 |
| Interviewer | Hill, Homer. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1942-1994 (primarily 1964-1967) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of an 18-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 | 217.58 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.catchingst |
| File name | mus-coh.catchingst.pdf |
