tws_oid29 oid29 tws yes StoryCorps audio interviews Children of sharecroppers--Tennessee--Oakland African American women--Tennessee Racism--Tennessee Race relations African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee Civil rights--Tennessee Tennessee--Race relations--History--20th century Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis Memphis (Tenn.)--Social life and customs--20th century Rhodes College Rhodes College--Employees Rhodes College--Students Sharecroppers--Mississippi Segregation in education--Tennessee--Memphis African Americans--Education--Tennessee Farm life--Tennessee African Americans--Religion King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination Oral history interviews conducted by StoryCorps at Rhodes College in November 2007. Interviewees include Louvenia Hill and Cornett Townes; Olivia Gillum and Rose Mae Love; Robert Taylor, Deborah Douglas, and Rommie Vasser; Jesse Garner; Raymond Boles; Loretta Watkins and Linda Burks; Jimmy McClain; and Brenda Webber. Topics discussed include employment at Rhodes College, life in Memphis, Tennessee during the Civil Rights movement, and life in rural Tennessee and Memphis. The interviews are included in Crossroads with the permission of StoryCorps (www.storycorps.net). The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Memphis, Tenn.] : Rhodes College StoryCorps (Project) Rhodes College Crossroads to Freedom Digital Archive Project (Rhodes College) 2008 Interviews Oral histories Sound recordings Photographs http://www.crossroadstofreedom.org/detail.collection?oid=29 Forms part of the Crossroads to Freedom Digital Archive Project. 2007-11 Memphis (Tenn.) Millington (Tenn.) Shelby County (Tenn.) Oakland (Fayette County, Tenn.) Fayette County (Tenn.) Robinsonville (Miss.) Tunica County (Miss.) Rossville (Tenn.) These audio interview is used by permission of StoryCorps and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Please see the Story Corps Terms of Service page at http://www.storycorps.net/terms-of-service for details. 20110607 084754