usm_coh_mus-ohfells mus-ohfells coh usm yes Oral history with Bert Fells Fells, Bert Project Head Start (U.S.) Community Action Program (U.S.) United States. Air Force Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans African American veterans--Mississippi Civil rights--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Civil rights--Mississippi--Forrest County African Americans--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African Americans--Mississippi--Forrest County African Americans--Education--Mississippi Fells, Bert Oral history.Interview conducted on October 25, 1976 with Bert Fells, a Hattiesburg native. Mr. Fells served in the Air Force from 1966 to 1969, including a tour in Vietnam. In 1972, he returned to Mississippi to live and became director of Forrest Stone Area Opportunity, Inc. At the time of this interview, he was the Executive Director of the Head Start Program. 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 Garvey, Mike 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) 2000-05-11 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,2418 Digital reproduction of 25-page document Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 721, 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. 1976-10-25 Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest 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