- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Mr. E. Hammond Smith
- Creator:
- Caudill, Orley B
Smith, E. Hammond (Edwin Hammond), 1894-1985 - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1982
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Civil rights movement - People:
- Smith, E. Hammond (Edwin Hammond), 1894-1985--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 April 8 and 13, 1982 with Mr. E. Hammond Smith at his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Smith was born on December 17, 1894 in Bladen Springs, Alabama.His family moved to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Smith attended public school through the eighth grade.Smith then went on to complete high school at Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Alcorn State University, in Lorman, Mississippi and then continued on at Alcorn for four years of college.From there he went to Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, graduating in 1924 as a licensed pharmacist.Smith returned to Hattiesburg and opened a pharmacy in 1925, which he operated until 1980.He was an active participant in the voter registration drives of the 1960s and was one of the first registered African American voters in the city.
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_902ac172-04e0-4acd-a67d-a9c93e89133f
- Language:
- eng
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- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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