usm_coh_ohleec ohleec coh usm yes Oral history with Reverend Clay F. Lee, minister of the Methodist church Lee, Clay F. (Clay Foster) 1930- Civil rights--Mississippi Civil rights workers--Mississippi Hate crimes Methodist Church--Mississippi Segregation--Mississippi Race discrimination--Mississippi Clergy--Mississippi--Interviews Philadelphia (Miss.)--Race relations Lee, Clay F. (Clay Foster), 1930- Oral history. Two interviews conducted on July 8 and 23, 1980 with the Reverend Clay F. Lee at his study in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee was born on March 3, 1930 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, Lee went on to complete his graduate work at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. Upon graduating there in 1953, he then embarked on his ministerial mission full time. Lee found himself pastorate over an extremely divided and at times violent Mississippi. During his years as an associate minister at Galloway Memorial Church in Jackson, Mississippi the congregation was determined to keep their church segregated. Lee moves on to a pastorate in Philadelphia, Mississippi and three weeks after his arrival three civil rights workers were murdered. In 1976, Lee was named pastor of the Galloway Memorial Church in Jackson, Mississippi, a position he still holds at the time of this interview. 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 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) 2002-02-28 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,4472 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 82-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 186, 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. Forms part of the Mississippi Oral History Program Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. 1980-07-08 1980-07-23 Philadelphia (Miss.) Neshoba 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