usm_coh_ohbuckleyh ohbuckleyh coh usm yes Oral history with the Honorable Horace Buckley Buckley, Horace, 1941- African American legislators--Mississippi African Americans--Mississippi African American men--Mississippi Legislators--Mississippi Mississippi--Race relations Civil rights--Race relations Civil rights movements--Mississippi Educators--Mississippi Clergy--Mississippi Housing authorities--Mississippi State governments Cade Chapel Missionary Baptist Church (Jackson, Miss.) Jackson District Association (Miss.) Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives Buckley, Horace, 1941- Oral history. Interview conducted on May 11, 1977 with the Honorable Horace Buckley at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Buckley was born on July 14, 1941 in Jackson, Mississippi. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Mississippi Valley State and his master's degree in guidance counseling/educational psychology from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. In 1975, Buckley was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives to serve a four-year consecutive term. While in the legislature, he worked on the Judiciary B. Committee, Education Committee and the Penitentiary Committee. Buckley was appointed to the Select Committee on Education and is a member to the National Assembly of State Legislators, representing Mississippi as a member of that body's Education Committee. In addition, he was the commissioner for the City of Jackson's Housing Authority, member of the Jackson District Association, and Minister and Pastor of the Cade Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. 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) 2002-01-28 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,339 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 27-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 354, 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. 1977-05-11 Mississippi 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