- Collection:
- African American Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with James Shively
- Creator:
- Shively, James, 1922-
Cox, Dwayne, 1950- - Publisher:
- Audiocassette tapes number 692 and 693, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1978-12-18
- Subject:
- African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Education (Secondary)--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Social conditions
Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.)
African American universities and colleges--Kentucky--Louisville
African American high schools--Kentucky--Louisville
Central High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
African American Greek letter societies
African Americans--Employment
Discrimination in employment--Kentucky--Louisville
Race discrimination--Kentucky--Louisville
Race relations
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans
African American soldiers--Italy
United States. Army. Signal Corps--African American troops - People:
- Shively, James, 1922-
- Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
- Medium:
- sound recordings
transcripts
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Oral history interview conducted with James Shively on December 18, 1978 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Shively focuses largely on his education in Louisville, at Louisville Central High School and the Louisville Municipal College, in the 1930s and 1940s. He discusses his extracurricular experiences as well as the more academic aspects of both of these institutions. He also describes his experiences during World War II, when he served in a segregated signal corps unit in Italy. Mr. Shively finished college on the G.I. Bill following the war, and he talks about the difficulty of finding a job once he completed his education, due to discrimination on the basis of race.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Shively%2C%20James
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://library.louisville.edu/uarc/digicollorder.html; please cite the Interview Number when ordering.
- Extent:
- audio/mp3; application/pdf;
01:10:22; 29 pages; - Original Collection:
- African American Community Interviews Collection (William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center)
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Louisville. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
