Memphis Tennessee Garrison - The Remarkable Story of a Black Appalachian Woman

A history of Memphis Tennessee Garrison, a teacher, worker at US Steel, and vice-president of the National Board of the NAACP at the height of the civil rights struggle (1963-66). Based on interview transcripts, it is the story of African-American life in a West Virginia company town.

About the author

Ancella Bickley is a retired Professor of English and Vice President for Academic Affairs at West Virginia State College. Lynda Ann Ewen is a professor of sociology at Marshall University, where she directs the Oral History of Appalachia Program and is co-director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia.

Summary

This oral history, based on interview transcripts, is the untold story of African American life in West Virginia, as seen through the eyes of a remarkable woman: Memphis Tennessee Garrison, an innovative teacher, administrative worker at US Steel, and vice president of the National Board of the NAACP at the height of the civil rights struggle.

Product details

• Authors: Memphis Tennessee Garrison, Memphis Tennessee Garrison
• Assisted by: Ancella R. Bickley (Editor), Lynda Ann Ewen (Editor)
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2001
• EAN: 9780821413746
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1374-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: Gender and Ethnicity in Appala; Gender and Ethnicity in Appala; Series in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Appalachia
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies