| Title: |
Clay F. Lee
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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 July 8 and 23, 1980 with the Reverend Clay F. Lee at his study in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee was born on March 3, 1930 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, Lee went on to complete his graduate work at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. Upon graduating there in 1953, he then embarked on his ministerial mission full time. Lee found himself pastorate over an extremely divided and at times violent Mississippi. During his years as an associate minister at Galloway Memorial Church in Jackson, Mississippi the congregation was determined to keep their church segregated. Lee moves on to a pastorate in Philadelphia, Mississippi and three weeks after his arrival three civil rights workers were murdered. In 1976, Lee was named pastor of the Galloway Memorial Church in Jackson, Mississippi; a position he still holds at the time of this interview.
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| Extent: |
1 paged
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| URL: |
http://anna.lib.usm.edu/%7Espcol/crda/oh/ohleecp.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 1980 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Lee, Clay F., 1930-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
3-Mar-1930
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Minister
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| Age at speaking: |
50
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| Document date: |
08-Jul-1980
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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: |
OHI0023598-25115
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