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OH 0735

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBLACK, Evelyn J. (b. 1933)
ProfessionsSchoolteacher, Community Activist

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0735
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionSchoolteacher, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early relationships with African-Americans in rural Georgia; decision to join the Fellowship; early meetings; Fellowship’s leaders; street paving in the African-American section of Denton; desegregation of public accommodations; involvement of husbands in Fellowship activities; Fellowship’s demise.
Interviewer(s)Richard W. Byrd
Physical Description25 pp.
Terms of UseOpen