Date of Original
2001-02

Subject
African American civil rights workers--Washington (State)--Spokane
African American students--Washington (State)--Spokane
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (State)--Spokane
African Americans--Washington (State)--Spokane
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights movements--Washington (State)--Spokane
Demonstrations--Washington (State)--Spokane
Oral history--Washington (State)--Spokane
Protest marches--Washington (State)--Spokane
Race discrimination--Washington (State)--Spokane
Race relations
Spokane (Wash.)--Race relations--History--20th century

Location
United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Washington, Spokane County, 47.62064, -117.40401
United States, Washington, Spokane County, Spokane, 47.65966, -117.42908

Medium
oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings

Type
Sound

Description
In February of 2001, the Spokesman-Review produced a month long series of articles on black history titled "Through Spokane's Eyes Moments in Black History," focusing in particular on the civil rights movement of the 1960s. As part of that series, Rebecca Nappi conducted a series of interviews with individuals with ties to both the Civil Rights movement and to Spokane. Interviewees incluede Jerrelene Williamson, Clarence Greeman, Sam Minnix, Verda Lofton, Flip Schulke, Alvin Pitmon, and Nancy Nelson. They discuss race relations and the Civil Rights movement in Spokane, school integration in Arkansas, Martin Luther King, Jr., and their involvement in the movement elsewhere., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/Holland/MASC/xcivilrights.html

Rights Holder
For permission to publish please contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691.

Original Collection
Civil Rights Oral History Interviews, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University, Spokane, Wash.

Contributing Institution
Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Rights