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An Oral History with Mrs. Constance Baker
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
Mrs. Constance Baker was born in Tougaloo, Mississippi, on March 3, 1912. Her parents, H. B. Johnson and Mattie Douglas Johnson, moved to Hattiesburg when she was two years old. She has one sister, Eula. She attended Sixteenth Section School, the Third Ward School ( Grace Love), and Eureka High School. After graduating from high school, she completed a two- year teacher training program at Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, received a Bachelor of Science degree from Jackson College, and earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Mrs. Baker has spent her life teaching and working for civil rights, and she is active in the NAACP. She taught in Perry County and Hattiesburg schools and at the Kelly Settlement. She was involved in the Head Start program from its inception. In the summer of 1968, Mrs. Baker was an instructor in a Head Start teachers' training program at the University of Southern Mississippi. Mrs. Baker married Robert Baker. She lives in Hattiesburg.
Topics Discussed
Education Reminiscence of discrimination The Great Depression teacher training ( Alcorn College) teaching during the Depression racism, racial incidents, desegregation Trent Lott Martin Luther King Clyde Kennard James Meredith Joyce Ladner Loss of community pride as a result of desegregation Experiences with racism in the north Civil rights movement NAACP
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Constance D. Baker |
| Description | Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 3, 1995 and June 8, 1995 with Constance Baker (born 1912). Mrs. Baker has spent her life working for civil rights and in teaching. She was involved in the Head Start program from its inception and was still active in the NAACP at the time of the interview. |
| Date of interview | 1995 April 3 (1st interview); 1995 June 8 (2nd interview) |
| Interviewer |
Adams, Kim. Walker, Priscilla. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1912-1995 (primarily 1930s, 1950s-1960s) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 40-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 | 299.959 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.bakerc |
| File name | mus-coh.bakerc.pdf |
