- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Mr. Troy Catchings Jr.
- Creator:
- Catchings, Troy, 1942-
Hill, Homer - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1994
- Subject:
- Community centers
Poor--Services for
Mississippi - People:
- Catchings, Troy, 1942- --Interviews
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Troy Catchings, Jr. (born 1942). In 1966, he began working with Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), an antipoverty agency that serves the African-American and poor white communities of Clarksdale and Coahoma County. In his more than thirty years with COI, Catchings has served as technical assistant and worked with the adult education program. At the time of this interview, he was director of COI.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_21a62409-c206-4d53-ac36-1551724b85e5
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. 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. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- F341.5 .M57 vol. 659
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
- Rights:
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