The Oral History Digital Collection contains a selection of interview transcripts produced by the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at The University of Southern Mississippi. Currently, a majority of the interviews in the collection document the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi. Transcripts of additional oral history interviews are available in McCain Library & Archives.
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Interviewee:
Adickes, Sandra, 1933-
Allsup, Dorothea, 1916-
Anderson, Reuben V. (Reuben Vincent), 1942-
Andresen, Margaret, 1943-
Arnold, Sarah Bernice, 1913-
Ashby, Augustus, 1924-
Austin, Gladys, 1927-
Baker, Constance D., 1912-
Banks, Earl W., 1905-1986.
Banks, Fred L., 1942-
Bankston, Alton, 1941-
Barber, Frank D., 1929-1997
Barber, Rims, 1936-
Barnes, Ariel.
Barnett, O.H., b. 1902.
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987.
Barnhill, Roger, 1940-
Bates, Gladys Noel, 1920-
Bell, Josephine Clemons, 1909-
Bergeron, Kathleen, 1950-
Bishop, E. S. (Edward S.), 1907-
Black, Maurice R., 1915-
Blackwell, Unita, 1933-
Blass, William Joel, 1917-
Blessey, Geraldine, 1922-
Borganelli, Imogene.
Boyd, Earline.
Boyd, Richard, 1916-
Brady, Thomas P., 1903-1973.
Branch, Raylawni, 1941-
Broadus, Terry, 1938-
Brooks, Percy, 1911-
Brown, R. Jess, 1912-
Bryant, Curtis C., 1917-
Buckley, Horace, 1941-
Burger, N.R., 1909-1984.
Burney, Frances, 1913-
Burton, Tyrone, 1941-
Butts, William A., 1933-
Byrne, Tony, 1936-
Campbell, Will D.
Carr, Andrew R.
Carr, Michael L., 1920-
Carter, Betty Werlein.
Carthan, Eddie, 1949-
Catchings, Troy, 1942-
Chase, Veola.
Clark, Fred, 1943-
Clark, Obie, 1932-
Clegg, Hugh H., b. 1898.
Clemson, Barry.
Clower, Jerry, 1926-
Cobb, Charles E., Jr.
Cohen, James, 1920-
Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914-
Collier, Clinton, 1909-
Cook, Clearese.
Cook, Fredrick Harrison, 1952-
Cooper, Harold E.
Cooper, Owen, 1908-
Corban, Emma Ruth, 1907-
Cox, Robert Elton, 1917-1994.
Crubaugh, John Sherman, 1913-
Crump, Brodie.
Cunningham, W. J.
Dahmer, Ellie J., 1925-
Davenport, Laura Mae, 1908-
Davis, Russell C.
Davis, William Penn, 1903-
Dean, Kenneth, 1935-
DeCell, Herman B. (Herman Brister), 1924-1986.
Dickey, Eric Eugene, 1966-
Douglas, Gwin E.
Duckworth, C.J., 1911-
Dukes, Tommie, 1906-
Dukes, William F., 1927-
Dunaway, Dave, 1927-
Dye, Brad, 1933-
Evans, Donald.
Evans, King Thomas, 1913-
Evans, Wilson, 1924-
Evers, Charles, 1922-
Fairley, J. C. (Jimmy Carter), 1921-
Fairly, Ken, 1928-
Farese, Orene E., 1916-
Feibelman, Julian Beck, 1897-
Fells, Bert.
Fielder, Alvin L., 1900-
Foster, Palmer E.
Foster, Velvelyn.
Gates, Eva, 1948-
Georgian, Angela, 1920-
Gilmer, Oliver D., 1927-
Glazier, Herman, 1918-
Gooden, Bennie S.
Gray, William G., 1914-
Greene, Percy, 1897-1977.
Griffin, W.S. (Wilbur Scott), 1913-
Gruich, Frank Garth, 1920-
Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-
Hall, Pinkey.
Hamer, Fannie Lou.
Hamilton, M.W., 1909-1990.
Handke, Jan, 1945-
Hardy, Mattie Lou.
Harned, Horace H., 1920-
Harper, Phyllis Hawkins, 1933-
Harris, Vonciel, 1912-
Harris-Stewart, Lusia, 1955-
Hartenfeld, Robert L., 1935-
Hayes, Eleanora, 1930-
Haynes, Kenneth, 1930-
Henderson, Albert Lloyd, 1928-
Henry, Aaron, 1922-
Hicks, Hervey O., b. 1900.
Holleman, Boyce.
Holleman, Jesse Boyce, 1924-
Homan, Varnell, 1925-
Howell, Edmund, 1917-
Howze, Joseph Lawson E.
Hudson, Larry, 1936-
Hudson, Winson, 1916-
Hughes, Billie.
Jackson, Vernon.
Jacobs, Charles C., 1921-
James, Lyle, 1923-
Jamison, Robert James, 1936-
Jim, Barry Davis.
Johnson, Charles Allen, 1911-
Johnson, James Madison, 1955-
Johnson, Lillie Belle, 1925-
Johnson, Paul B., 1948-
Johnson, Pete, 1948-
Johnson, Sarah H., 1938-
Johnston, Erle.
Jones, Lillie, b. 1892.
Jones, Lorita Nelson, 1909-
Joyner, Frances Elkin, 1909-
Kaplan, Charlotte Siegel, 1920-
Keith, Boyd O'Neal, 1918-
Kent, Marie Washington.
Keys, Vernon J., 1926-
King, Martin Thomas, 1924-
Knight, Thomas, 1920-
Kwanguvu, Umoja, 1925-
Lane, Dewey Hobson, 1934-
Layton, Reber Boyce, 1912-
Lee, Clay F. (Clay Foster), 1930-
Leftwich, Mary Ellen, 1916-
Levingston, Jon, 1958-
Lewis, Arthur Beverly, 1901-2000.
Lewis, Arthur, 1948-
Lewis, Nathaniel H.
Lindley, Carol Johnston.
Long, Howard Dudley, 1927-
Luckett, Semmes, 1905-1987.
Magee, Augustine M., 1938-
Magee, Clarence E., 1932-
Magee, Ruby, 1940-
Maples, Darwin, 1926-
Mars, Florence, 1923-
Martin, Harry A., 1925-
Martin, Joe, 1943-
Martin, Margaret Lumpkin, 1910-
Marx, Charles, 1932-
McCain, Billy Joe, 1936-
McCarty, Oseola.
McComb, Janelle.
McDaniel, E. L. (Edward L.), 1934-
McDuffie, S. Jay.
Michaels, Sheila Shiki y Kessler, 1939-
Midcalf, Robin Alfred, 1961-
Milam, Marjorie, 1916-
Miller, Martha Sisson, 1916-
Minniece, Thomas Y., 1912-
Mitchell, Dennis.
Moffett, Tommy, 1950-
Monroe, Otho, 1912-
Moore, Amzie, 1911-
Moore, Earl Napoleon, 1914-
Morgan, Aaron, 1909-
Morgan, Odelier, 1926-
Murchison, Richard A., 1932-
Napier, Irene Ponder, 1917-
Newman, Clarence Benton, 1921-
Nichols-de Marks, Juno Gwendolyn, 1924-
Nix, James, 1937-
Norman, Cora.
Norris, Mildred W. (Mildred Wells)
O'Keefe, Jeremiah Joseph, 1923-
Orris, Peter.
Owens, Lee, 1921-
Page, Matthew.
Parker, Charlie, b. 1892.
Peoples, John A.
Phillips, Charles.
Phillips, Mamie Lee.
Presley, Harold Ray, 1948-2001
Price, Elizabeth A., b. 1897.
Quinn, Peter Oliver, 1937-
Quon, John Paul, 1942-
Ramsay, Claude, 1916-
Randolph, James, 1949-1982.
Rash, Sammie, 1942-
Raspberry, William.
Reed, Jack R., 1924-
Reily, O. W., 1924-
Reyer, Joe, b. 1893.
Richardson, Alyce West, 1930-
Richmond, Jesse Benjamin.
Ripley, Minnie, b. 1900.
Robinson, Coygon, 1951-
Robinson, Delmar P., 1937-
Robinson, Dollye M. E. (Dollye Mary Emily), 1927-
Robinson-Cyrille, Lodie Marie, 1951-
Rogers, George W., 1927-
Ross, Harvey T., 1920-
Rubin, Larry, 1942-
Ruff, Balfour William, 1923-2000.
Ruffin, Sarah Harris.
Ruscoe, Ann Spivey Bishop, 1923-
Sanders, Viola Brown, 1921-
Sandifer, Iva E., 1918-
Saxon, George, 1927-
Schutt, Jane M. (Jane Menefee), 1913-2006.
Schwartz, Joseph E.
Searight, Loyce, 1939-
Shaw, Terri Charlotte, 1940-
Shelton, Cecil, 1945-
Shepherd, F. T., 1942-
Simmons, William J., 1916-
Simpson, James C., 1930-1994.
Sims, Ulysses, 1918-
Sinclair, Eleanor.
Sledge, Pascal Nevin, 1921-
Smith, E. Hammond (Edwin Hammond), 1894-1985.
Smith, Estus, 1930-
Smith, Frances Thornton, 1916-
Smith, Frank Ellis, 1918-
Smith, Katie Arnold, 1905-
Smith, LePoint Cassibry, 1920-
Smith, Michael Clay.
Snell, Reese, 1924-
Spain, Frank Kyle, 1927-
Spinks, Eberta, 1914-
Spinks, Sam, 1921-
Stallworth, William F., 1954-
Steptoe, Elridge W., 1936-
Sternberg, Edward.
Stevens, George A., 1910-1978.
Stewart, Peter H., 1934-
Story, Ruth Evans, 1943-
Story, W. Ross, 1947-
Swan, Jimmy.
Talbert, Ernestine Denham, 1929-
Tannehill, Antone Walter, 1929-
Tartt, Harry C., 1908-
Terry, Frances Ryals, 1923-
Thomas, Edith Ruff, 1920-
Thomas, Isaac.
Thompson, Bennie G., 1948-
Thompson, William Bert, 1920-
Tims, P. A., 1890-1982.
Tonos, Billie Rossie, 1924-
Tubb, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), b. 1899.
Turner, Maurice Guyton, 1912-
Underhill, Leila Lyle Wilkinson, 1919-
Walker, Pete, 1927-
Walters, Eleanor Byrd, 1914-
Watkins, Hollis, 1941-
Watson, Clara Griffin, 1933-
Weathersby, Zella, 1929-
Webb, Wesley C., 1938-
Wells, Ray William, 1916-
West, Phillip, 1946-
Whitfield, John Herbert, 1962-
Wilkins, Juanita, 1966-
Williams, Kenneth O., 1924-
Wilson, Mayo D.
Winston, Monroe, 1907-
Winyard, Fred, 1944-
Wroten, Joseph E., 1925-
Wyatt, Forest Kent, 1934-
Yarbrough, George M., 1916-1988.
Zeman, Zoya, 1943-
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