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Behind the Veil

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A selection of 100 recorded oral history interviews chronicling African-American life during the age of legal segregation in the American South, from the 1890s to the 1950s.

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Interview State

Mississippi (3)
Alabama (2)
Arkansas (2)
Louisiana (2)
Tennessee (2)
Florida (1)
South Carolina (1)
Virginia (1)

Subject

Bays, Georgia Denton (1)
Brickers, Alease Balmar (1)
Butler, Willie Ellis (1)
Chassion, Jessie Lee (1)
Cross, Blondale Clady (1)
Davis, Blanche (1)
Davis, Peggy Hall (1)
Dennis, Dora Strong (1)
Jackson, Ruthie Lee (1)
Johnson, Mandie Moore (1)
Jones, Ira Lee (1)
Mitchell, Cleaster (1)
Poole, Lorene Carter (1)
Russell, James Lee, Sr. (1)
Russell, Nancy (1)

Interviewee State of Birth

Mississippi (5)
Alabama (2)
Louisiana (2)
Arkansas (1)
Florida (1)
Missouri (1)
North Carolina (1)
South Carolina (1)

Interviewee Gender

Female (13)
Male (2)

Interviewee Occupation

Agriculture (2)
Cook (2)
Educator (2)
Laundress (2)
Business Owner (1)
Farm Worker (1)
Food Services (1)
Managerial (1)
Restaurant Worker (1)
Sharecropper (1)
Social Services (1)
Store Owner (1)
Teacher (1)

Interviewer Name

Ortiz, Paul (4)
Dixon, Doris (3)
Scales, Mausiki S. (3)
Whorley, Tywanna (2)
Armfield, Felix (1)
Green, Laurie (1)
Houston, Charles (1)
Mitchell, Michelle (1)
Murphy, Blair (1)

Series

LeFlore Co. MS and Environs (3)
Arkansas (2)
Memphis, TN and Environs (2)
New Iberia, LA and Environs (2)
Birmingham, AL and Environs (1)
Norfolk, VA and Environs (1)
Summerton, SC and Environs (1)
Tallahassee, FL and Environs (1)
Tuskegee, AL and Environs (1)

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Dora Strong Dennis interview
Blanche Davis interview
James Lee Russell, Sr. and Nancy Russell interview
Alease Balmar Brickers interview
Peggy Hall Davis interview
Georgia Denton Bays interview
Mandie Moore Johnson interview
Blondale Clady Cross interview
Lorene Carter Poole interview
Ira Lee Jones interview
Ruthie Lee Jackson interview
Willie Pearl Butler interview
Jessie Lee Chassion interview
Cleaster Mitchell interview

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