| Title: |
Constance Baker
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Collection: |
Civil Rights Documentation Project
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| Description: |
Two interviews conducted on 04-03-1995 and 06-08-1995 with Constance Baker (born 1912). Mrs. Baker has spent her life working for civil rights and in teaching. She was involved in the Head Start program from its inception and was still active in the NAACP at the time of the interview.
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| Extent: |
1 page
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/oh/baker.htm
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| Restrictions: |
The transcript is presented here for reference purposes only. Interviews in this collection are protected by copyright.
PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1995 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Baker, Constance, 1912-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
3-Mar-1912
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Tougaloo, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Civil rights activist; Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
83
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| Document date: |
03-Apr-1995
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| Interviewer: |
Adams, Kim
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| Organizations discussed: |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; White Citizens Council
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| Historical events discussed: |
Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights movements--United States; Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963; Mississippi; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; North America; Oral history; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-; United States; White Citizens Council
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Activism
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023433-24934
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