| Title: |
Herman B. DeCell
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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: |
This is an interview for the Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi. The interview is with the Honorable Herman B. DeCell, attorney and member of the State Senate. It is being recorded in Senator DeCell's office in Yazoo City, Mississippi, June 9, 1977, and the interviewer is Dr. Orley B. Caudill.
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| Extent: |
1 page
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| URL: |
http://anna.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/oh/ohdecellhp.html
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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 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
DeCell, Herman B., 1924-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
26-Sep-1924
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Yazoo City, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
United States senator
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| Age at speaking: |
53
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| Document location: |
Yazoo City, MS
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| Document date: |
09-Jun-1977
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| Interviewer: |
Caudill, Orley B.
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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: |
OHI0023559-25072
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