usm_coh_mus-ohmageer mus-ohmageer coh usm yes Interview with Miss Ruby Magee : a native Mississippian Magee, Ruby, 1940-http://dlgmaint.galib.uga.edu/cgi-bin/crdl.cgi Workform: Civil Rights Digital Library http://dlgmaint.galib.uga.edu/cgi-bin/crdl.cgi United States. Dept. of Justice African American women--Mississippi--Tylertown African Americans--Mississippi--Tylertown Civil rights--Mississippi Civil rights workers--Mississippi Economic assistance, Domestic--United States Municipal government--Mississippi Magee, Ruby, 1940- Oral history. Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from Jackson State College (now Jackson State University). While at Jackson State Magee first became involved in civil rights activity and for a year after graduation served as a research assistant for the United States Department of Justice in its investigation of the Mississippi educational system as it related to voter qualification. After spending a few years studying at Harvard University, Magee returned to Tylertown. She became project director of the Neighborhood Center Program, an anti-poverty agency in Columbia, Mississippi. In 1972, she was selected as a National Urban Fellow to serve in a program designed to develop leaders in urban government. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage Caudill, Orley B. 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) 2002-03-06 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,4819 Digital reproduction of 85-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 17, 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. 1972-05-18 Mississippi Tylertown (Miss.) Walthall 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. 20110708 153642