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An Oral History with Mrs. Elizabeth Price
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. Elizabeth Price was born September 22, 1897, in Cedarville, Virginia. In the 1920s, she moved to Magnolia, Mississippi, as a new bride. She raised a family and worked in her husband's law office. In the late 1950s and 1960s, she became distressed by the degree of oppression she saw against African Americans and began attending civil rights meetings in Jackson. In the mid 1960s, she worked for the Civil Rights Commission, investigating and documenting mistreatment as well as organizing sympathizers.
Topics Discussed
Family background and growing up on a large farm in Virginia Marriage and moving to Mississippi Depression and World Wars I and II Early involvement in the civil rights movement Investigating in Hattiesburg and white pressure Investigating in Natchez Civil rights in Magnolia and more generally Changes since childhood
Transcript
This is an interview for the Mississippi Oral History Program of The University of Southern Mississippi. The interview today is being conducted with Mrs. Elizabeth Price in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The date is March 8, 1994, and the interviewer is Charles Bolton. Bolton: First of all, thank you for talking with me today. I appreciate it. Price: My pleasure.
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Mrs. Elizabeth Price |
| Description | Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 8, 1994 with Mrs. Elizabeth Price (born 1897). In the mid-1960s, Mrs. Price worked for the Civil Rights Commission, investigating and documenting issues of mistreatment as well as recruiting sympathizers. She was one of the first involved in the civil rights movement in Magnolia, Mississippi. |
| Date of interview | 8 March 1994 |
| Interviewer | Bolton, Charles C. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1897-1995 (primarily 1920, 1954, the mid-1960s) |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 19-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 | 218.809 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.pricee |
| File name | mus-coh.pricee.pdf |
