- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Mr. Roger Barnhill
- Creator:
- Barnhill, Roger, 1940-
Rachal, John, 1948- - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1995-11-17
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Civil rights movement - People:
- Barnhill, Roger, 1940- --Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 17, 1995 with Mr. Roger Barnhill.He was born on November 12, 1940 in Lincoln, Nebraska.Barnhill was recruited into the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in his senior year at Michigan State University.During the Mississippi Summer Project, he worked as a community liaison with the police department in Pascagoula, Mississippi.Over the summer of 1964, he canvassed voters in Moss Point, Pascagoula, Gulfport, and Biloxi, and he taught African-American history to high school students.Barnhill was arrested for taking part in a mass demonstration.After returning to Michigan State, he graduated and began working in the juvenile court in St. Louis and then at the Missouri State Board of Probation and Parole.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_cd35b795-2819-47d0-87b4-941ded6f755c
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
- Rights:
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