Memphis Tennessee Garrison by Ancella R Bickley

Memphis Tennessee Garrison by Ancella R Bickley

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.

"One of the first books to show how Appalachian blacks—like those in the Cotton Belt South and the Northern migrants—successfully pitted their intellect against historical realities and contradiction, and won!" "Anecdotally richMemphis Tennessee Garrison: The Remarkable Story of a Black Appalachian Woman fills the gap in historical accounts of mining. Of particular interest is her work on the NAACP and her recollections of its less-remembered cultural mission in the black community—organizing the Negro Artists Series—as well as its political one." (Publishers Weekly)

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.

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ISBN 13	9780821413739
ISBN 10	0821413732
Title	Memphis Tennessee Garrison
Author	Ancella R Bickley
Series	Series In Race Ethnicity And Gender In Appalachia
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Ohio University Press
Year published	2001-06-30
Number of pages	282
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