usm_coh_mus-ohcatchings mus-ohcatchings coh usm yes Oral history with Mr. Troy Catchings Jr. Catchings, Troy, 1942- African Americans--Mississippi Community centers--Mississippi--Employees--Interviews Civil rights--Mississippi--History Black power--United States Coahoma Opportunities Economic assistance, Domestic--Mississippi Head Start Program (U.S.) Poor--Services for--Mississippi African Americans--Economic conditions--Mississippi Catchings, Troy, 1942- Gooden, Bennie Oral history. Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Troy Catchings, Jr. (born 1942). In 1966, he began working with Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), an antipoverty agency that serves the African-American and poor white communities of Clarksdale and Coahoma County. In his more than thirty years with COI, Catchings has served as techincal assistant and worked with the adult education program. At the time of this interview, he was director of COI. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to the University of Southern Mississippi. Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Hill, Homer 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) 2000-05-17 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,718 Digital reproduction of 24-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 65, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. 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. 1994-03-15 Mississippi Clarksdale (Miss.) Coahoma County (Miss.) Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. 20090817 151132