usm_coh_ohburgern ohburgern coh usm yes Oral history with Professor N.R. Burger Burger, N. R., 1909-1984 African American educators--Mississippi Discrimination in education--Mississippi--Hattiesburg African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Voter registration--Mississippi--Hattiesburg School integration--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Civil rights movements--Mississippi--Hattiesburg Hattiesburg (Miss.)--Race relations Hattiesburg (Miss.)--History--20th century African American colleges and universities--Mississippi Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College African Americans--Education--Mississippi--Pike County African Americans--Education--Mississippi--Covington County Burger, N. R., 1909-1984 Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963--Influence Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972--Influence Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Oral history. Interview conducted on May 11, 1982 with Professor N.R. Burger at his residence in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Burger was born on April 7, 1909 in Brookhaven, Mississippi. In 1932, he completed his undergraduate degree from Alcorn College (now Alcorn State University). He earned a Master's degree from Cornell University and then went on to study at New York University. Burger taught mathematics at Magnolia, Mississippi from 1934 to 1936. He served as principal at Hopewell Vocational School in Covington County from 1936 to 1940. Until his retirement in 1974, Burger served as principal at Eureka High School (later Rowan High School). He was very active in his community through his work with various organizations such as the Hattiesburg Business Development Council, the Mississippi Principals Association, and the Resolutions Committee of the National Teachers Association. In addition, Burger organized the first Boy Scouts troop for African Americans in South Mississippi. 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 Pyle, R. Wayne, 1948- 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) 2002-01-30 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,362 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 67-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 356, 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. 1982-05-11 Hattiesburg (Miss.) Forrest County (Miss.) Pike 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. 20120717 082500