- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Reverend Clay F. Lee
- Creator:
- Caudill, Orley B
Lee, Clay F. (Clay Foster), 1930- - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Civil rights movement - People:
- Lee, Clay F. (Clay Foster), 1930- --Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- 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 a pastor in 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 moved 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 United Methodist 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.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_b71bb830-b65c-49ca-a5a7-176f759ae032
- Language:
- eng
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- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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