- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Eberta Spinks
- Creator:
- Adams, Kim
Spinks, Eberta, 1914- - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1995
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Agriculture
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Great Depression
World War I
World War II
Voter Registration - People:
- Spinks, Eberta, 1914- --Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history.; Eberta Spinks was born in 1914 in Mississippi.Her parents farmed until her father moved the family to Tallahalla, Mississippi in order to take a job at the sawmill there, and later moved the family to Mobile Street in Hattiesburg.Spinks attended Eureka School in Hattiesburg. When Spinks married, she moved to Laurel, Mississippi where she worked for Tant's Packing Company for twenty-three years.Upon retirement in 1964, Spinks became active in the civil rights movement, housing civil rights activists in her home, integrating the restaurant of the Pinehurst Hotel (for which she was jailed), holding civil rights education sessions in her home to teach people how to register to vote and about public accommodations rights, and driving other people to and from the registrar's office to help them register to vote.She was a member of both COFO and NAACP.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a2f3123f-fdb9-4609-b67c-e80f4fa7dfb2
- 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. 720
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
- Rights:
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