Reminiscences of Carolyn S. Keys : oral history, 2005.

Biographical Note

Activist.

Scope and Contents

Background: seven siblings, Christian upbringing, education: M.A., University of Michigan; religion: early life as Evangelical Christian, discussion of Christian theologies, conversion to Quakerism, importance of religious faith in personal life; adult life: marriage to African American male, St. Croix's Mental Health Hospital, dissolution of marriage, move to New Jersey, discrimination, business venture as café owner; decision to volunteer in Burundi; Burundi: Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Service, Burundian family life, effects of war and genocide, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, peace and openness in Burundian society.

Subjects

• Hegeman, Elizabeth, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Keys, Carolyn S.--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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