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Reminiscences of Ernest Green : oral history, 1989.

Creator: Green, Ernest G. 1941-
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 28 leaves.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Civil rights worker.

Scope and Contents

Family background, influence of mother, African Methodist Episcopal Church [AME] tradition; AME Bethel Church, Little Rock, Arkansas; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Little Rock chapter; decision to participate in desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, 1957-58: attitudes of white students, violence incited by Governor Orval Faubus' troops; desegregation in the military; ties between racism and sexism; school district consolidation in Arkansas; activities in job-training programs, Carter administration.

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