Reminiscences of George M. Houser : oral history, 2004.

Biographical Note

Civil Rights Activist.

Scope and Contents

Born Cleveland, OH; education: University of the Pacific, Ling Nan University, University of Denver, Union Theological Seminary; activism: Draft Act 1940, prison experiences, member of Fellowship of Reconciliation in Chicago, anti-discrimination protests, formation of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Executive Secretary of CORE for ten years, sit-in tactics, first Freedom Rides on inter-state buses 1947-1949, involvement in American Committee on Africa, work on Defiance Campaign and Americans for South African Resistance.

Subjects

• Albarelli, Gerry, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Class 805, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Houser, George M.--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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