Interview with Mamie Jean Williams, August 19, 2001
Project: Black Life in Mississippi in the 1950's Oral History Project
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Williams discusses her childhood growing up in Yazoo City and her experience as a teacher in the public school system. Williams also mentions the importance of the church in the lives of African Americans during segregation.Interview Accession
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African American clergy African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Employment--Mississippi African Americans--Race identity. African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Social conditions African Americans. Mississippi Williams, Mamie Jean Williams, Mamie Jean--InterviewsInterview Rights
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Williams, Mamie Jean Interview by Kathi Kern. 19 Aug. 2001. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Williams, M.J. (2001, August 19). Interview by K. Kern. Black Life in Mississippi in the 1950's Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Williams, Mamie Jean, interview by Kathi Kern. August 19, 2001, Black Life in Mississippi in the 1950's Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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