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Oral history with Mrs. Minnie Ripley
This oral history is provided through a cooperative project of University of Southern Mississippi Libraries and USM's Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
Funding provided by a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services
The transcript is presented here for reference purposes only. Interviews in this collection are protected by copyright. PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Please call ( 601) 266- 4574 for more information.
Biography
Mrs. Minnie Ripley was born on August 22, 1900 in Vicksburg, MS, to Mrs. Hattie Hayward and grew up in Issaquena County in the care of her grandparents, Henry and Bertha Simkin. She attended public schools in Mayersville, MS, and the Piney Woods Institution in Braxton, MS. During the 1960s Mrs. Ripley participated in civil rights activities on a local, state and national level.
Mrs. Ripley is a Baptist and a member of the NAACP. She married Mr. Percy Brinson in 1920 and in 1925 married Mr. Allie Ripley. She has one daughter, Berta Mae Brinson, who lives in St. Louis, MO.
Table of Contents
I. Family background
II. Childhood
A. Education
B. Acquaintances with white families
C. Childhood illnesses
D. 1914 Flood
E. Piney Woods School
F. World War I
III. 1927 Flood
IV. Sharecropping
V. Depression
VI. World War II
VII. The Civil Rights Movement
A. Voter Registration Drive
B. Marching in Jackson
C. Clashes with Local Law Enforcement Officials
D. Activities in Washington, D. C.
E. Establishing the Head Start Program
F. Local integration process
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Mrs. Minnie Ripley |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 7, 1979 with Mrs. Minnie Ripley on the street named after her, Ripley Street, in Mayersville, Mississippi. Ripley was born on August 22, 1900 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She attended public schools in Mayersville, Mississippi and the Piney Woods Institution in Braxton, Mississippi. During the 1960s, Ripley participated in civil rights activities on a local, state and national level. She participated in the voter registration drives and civil rights marches in Jackson, Mississippi. While marching in Jackson, Ripley was jailed for eleven days with other civil rights marchers. |
| Date of interview | 7 November 1979 |
| Interviewer | Pyle, R. Wayne, 1948- |
| Coverage (time period) | (circa 1860)-1979 (primarily 1960s) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 64-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. |
| 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 | 492.533 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.ripleym |
| File name | mus-coh.ripleym.pdf |
