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An Oral History with Mr. Larry Rubin
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
A Philadelphia native, Larry Rubin was born June 23, 1942. In 1961, he began working to register voters in the South for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In late 1963 and for all of 1964, Mr. Rubin worked as a civil rights activist in Marshall County, Mississippi.
Topics Discussed
Background and interest in civil rights SNCC and an assignment to Marshall County The idea behind Freedom Summer White hostility and trumped- up arrests Black attitudes toward his civil rights work White presence hurting black activism Organizing freedom libraries and more arrests Red- baiting by Senator Eastland Adult education and literacy tests Registering black voters Community centers, freedom schools, and freedom houses Successes and failures of Freedom Summer Whites kicked out of SNCC
Transcript
This is an interview for the Mississippi Oral History Program of The University of Southern Mississippi. The interview is with Mr. Larry Rubin and is taking place on November 11, 1995. The interviewer is John
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Mr. Larry Rubin |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 11, 1995 with Larry Rubin (born 1942). In 1961, he helped to register voters in the South for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In late 1963 and in 1964, Mr. Rubin worked as a civil rights activist in Marshall County. |
| Date of interview | 11 November 1995 |
| Interviewer | Rachal, John, 1948- |
| Coverage (time period) | 1942-1995 (primarily 1960-1965) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 35-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 | 276.234 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.rubinl |
| File name | mus-coh.rubinl.pdf |
