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HOLCOMBE, George (b. 1933) and Wanda (b. 1940)

Oral Histories

OH 1890

Methodist pastor, educator, and civil rights activists. Childhoods; exposure to racism, discrimination, and segregation; interactions with African Americans; civil rights work in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Chicago, Illinois; Ecumenical Institute; restrictions on women and the women’s movement; run-ins with the Ku Klux Klan; developing a model for creating a positive self-image in minority communities; self-image work in Asia and Australia; contemporary racism; Head Start Program; 1968 Chicago riots.