Civil rights in Alabama project : oral history, 1964.

Scope and Contents

Leaders and participants in the movement at Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1964 describe clashes with local law enforcement personnel, culminating in the tear gassing of the First Baptist Church. Included are the transcripts of two mass meetings and interviews with residents expressing widely varying attitudes towards the movement. Participants and pages: Rev. Willie Herzfeld, 39; James Jacquith, 50; George Le Maistre, 31; Jay Murphy, 20; T.Y. Rogers, 60; Robert Shelton, 59.

Subjects

• African Americans--Civil rights.
• African Americans--Segregation.
• Civil rights--Alabama--Tuscaloosa.
• Civil rights--United States.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• United States--Race relations.

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