Reminiscences of Melnea A. Cass : oral history, 1977.

Biographical Note

Civic leader

Scope and Contents

Relatives; education to 1914; work as housekeeper; early protest meetings; Robert Gould Shaw House in 1920s; daily life; church work; community clubs; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Action for Boston Community Development in 1950s; views on illegitimacy, abortion, skin color; awards and honorary degrees

Subjects

• African Americans--Civil rights.
• African Americans--Social conditions.
• Cass, Melnea A. (Melnea Agnes), 1896-1978.
• Civil rights workers--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Mottl, Tahi Lani, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by narrator and Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College