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Oral history with Obie Clark
F341.5 . M57 vol. 699
Funding for this project provided by The Mississippi State Legislature, The Mississippi Humanities Council, The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Southern Mississippi.
This transcription of an oral history by the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage of The University of Southern Mississippi may not be reproduced or published in any form except that quotation of short excerpts of unrestricted transcripts and the associated tape recordings is permissible providing written consent is obtained from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. When literary rights have been retained by the interviewee, written permission to use the material must be obtained from both the interviewee and the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Please call ( 601) 266- 4574 for more information.
Biography
Obie Clark was born October 31, 1932, near DeKalb, Mississippi. He earned a degree from Mississippi Industrial College and did additional college work at the University of Minnesota. For many years he taught school in Meridian, Mississippi. During the 1960s, he became active with the NAACP and school desegregation. Mr. Clark continues to live in Meridian where he operates a funeral home.
Table of Contents
I. Growing up in rural Kemper County
II. College, military service, teaching school
III. School desegregation in Meridian
IV. Black leadership
V. Desegregation order of 1969
VI. Evaluating antipoverty programs and the civil rights movement
VII. The Ayers case
VIII. Law enforcement issues
Transcript
This is an interview for the Mississippi Oral History Program of The University of Southern Mississippi. The interview is with Mr. Obie Clark of Meridian, Mississippi, and is being recorded on September 30, 1997. The interviewer is Charles Bolton.
Bolton: I guess I just want to start off first just by finding out just a little bit of background information about you. Could you tell me when and where you were born, sir? mus- coh. clarko. doc Page 1 of 20
Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Obie Clark |
| Description | Oral history.; Obie Clark was born October 31, 1932, near DeKalb, Mississippi. He earned a degree from Mississippi Industrial College and did additional college work at the University of Minnesota. For many years he taught school in Meridian, Mississippi. During the 1960s, he became active with the NAACP and school desegregation. Mr. Clark continues to live in Meridian where he operates a funeral home. |
| Date of interview | 30 September 1997 |
| Interviewer | Bolton, Charles C. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1932-1997 |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 20-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. |
| 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 | 275.646 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.clarko |
| File name | mus-coh.clarko.pdf |
