- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Mrs. Raylawni Branch
- Creator:
- Adams, Kim
Branch, Raylawni, 1941- - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1993
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Civil rights movement - People:
- Branch, Raylawni, 1941- --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 October 25, 1993 with Mrs. Raylawni Branch.Branch was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1941.After graduating from high school, she married and had three children. In 1965, Branch attended USM for one year.She was one of the first African Americans to attend USM.Branch returned to USM in 1988 and began working on a master's degree.She served as secretary of her local chapter of the NAACP; was a member of the Council for Federated Organizations, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Southern Christian Leadership Conference, in addition to attending the March on Washington.She was the first African American to be hired at the Big Yank factory and the telephone company to a position other than that of housekeeping personnel.She helped integrate the Greyhound and Trailway bus stations.Also, Branch participated in the anti-Vietnam War movement and the storming of the Pentagon.
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_6e0ea481-0396-4c8c-89ea-ec194d7d7185
- Language:
- eng
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- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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