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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 (6)
Alabama (3)
Arkansas (3)
Tennessee (3)
Virginia (1)

Subject

Brickers, Alease Balmar (1)
Clayborn, Arthur, Jr. (1)
Davis, Arnette (1)
Davis, Blanche (1)
Davis, William Earl (1)
Federick, Booker T. (1)
Grant, Ernest A. (1)
Harrell, Willie (1)
Jackson, Ruthie Lee (1)
Kirby, Anne Oda (1)
Kirby, Money Alan (1)
Lucas, Maurice (1)
Nash, Thelma Woods (1)
Pitts, Elizabeth (1)
Sanders, Gertrude Crum (1)
Spencer, Robert Jefferson (1)
Tunage, Elizabeth Pendleton (1)
Williams, H. J. (1)
Wilson, Imogene Watkins (1)
Woods, Delores Twillie (1)

Interviewee State of Birth

Mississippi (8)
Alabama (2)
Arkansas (2)
North Carolina (1)
Tennessee (1)

Interviewee Gender

Female (10)
Male (8)

Interviewee Occupation

Agriculture (5)
Domestic Worker (3)
Day Laborer (2)
Farm Worker (2)
Counselor (1)
Educator (1)
Electrical Engineer (1)
Electrician (1)
Journalist (1)
Laborer (1)
Maintenance (1)
Mayor (1)
Plantation Worker (1)
Politician (1)
Sharecropper (1)
Truck Driver (1)

Interviewer Name

Scales, Mausiki S. (16)
Dixon, Doris (2)
Murphy, Blair (1)
Whorley, Tywanna (1)

Series

LeFlore Co. MS and Environs (6)
Arkansas (3)
Memphis, TN and Environs (3)
Birmingham, AL and Environs (2)
Norfolk, VA and Environs (1)
Tuskegee, AL and Environs (1)

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Elizabeth Pendleton Tunage interview
Money Alan Kirby and Anne Oda Kirby interview
Delores Twillie Woods and Thelma Woods Nash interview
Gertrude Crum Sanders interview
Booker T. Federick interview
Ruthie Lee Jackson interview
Maurice Lucas interview
Elizabeth Pitts interview
H. J. Williams interview
Willie Harrell interview
Imogene Watkins Wilson interview
Robert Jefferson Spencer interview
Ernest A. Grant interview
Blanche Davis interview
Arthur Clayborn, Jr., William Earl Davis, and Arnette Davis interview
Alease Balmar Brickers interview

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