| Title: |
Fred Clark
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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: |
Interview conducted on 06-10-1994 with Fred Clark Sr. (born 1943). Mr. Clark grew up in the segregated society of Jackson, Mississippi. He was educated in Jackson, attending Smith Robertson Elementary School, Rowan Junior High, Holy Ghost Catholic School, Lanier High, and Jackson State University. His employment has included professional golf caddy, construction worker, teacher, security guard, park ranger, deputized US Marshall, and assistant prison policeman. Most of his life has been and still is centered around the church, community leadership, baseball in Mississippi, family life, education, and politics.
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| Extent: |
1 page
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/oh/clark.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 1994 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Clark, Fred, Sr., 1943-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1943
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Jackson, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Community activist
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document date: |
10-Jun-1994
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| Interviewer: |
Faulkner, Leesha
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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: |
OHI0023523-25045
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