usm_coh_mus-ohbarnes mus-ohbarnes coh usm yes Oral history with Ariel Barnes Barnes, Ariel Civil rights--Mississippi African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi African Americans--Education--Mississippi African Americans--Education--Tennessee Education--Mississippi African Americans--Social conditions--Mississippi Mississippi--Social conditions--20th century Racism--United States Race discrimination--Mississippi Schools--Mississippi African American elementary schools--Mississippi African American schools--Mississippi African American schools--Tennessee Schools--Tennessee African American teachers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Teachers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Libraries--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Public libraries--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African Americans and libraries--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Library employees--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Mississippi--Race relations Race relations Alcorn University Barnes, Ariel Oral history.Two interviews conducted on April 1, 1993 and January 6, 1995 with Ariel Barnes (born 1917). Mrs. Barnes was born in Forest, Mississippi, but moved to Hattiesburg shortly after. She attended Alcorn University, where she earned a degree enabling her to teach school. She taught at Rowan in Hattiesburg. Additionally, she worked at the Hattiesburg Library's branch on Sixth Street. This interview is part of the Civil Rights Documentation Project, funded by the Mississippi Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 718, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Transcripts Oral histories Copyright Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. No unauthorized reproduction or publication. http://cdm.lib.usm.edu/u?/CRMD,126 Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Rowe, Sarah Walker, Priscilla Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) Mississippi Oral History Program Collection (Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive) Oral histories Transcripts http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,8846 Digital reproduction of 31-page document. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of the Mississippi Oral History Program Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. 1993-04-01 1995-01-06 Mississippi Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) 20090817 151132