| Title: |
Clark, Obie
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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: |
Mississippi Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Obie Clark was born October 31, 1932, near DeKalb, Mississippi. He earned a degree from Mississippi Industrial College and did additional college work at the University of Minnesota. For many years he taught school in Meridian, Mississippi. During the 1960s, he became active with the NAACP and school desegregation. Mr. Clark continues to live in Meridian where he operates a funeral home.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohclarko.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1997 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Clark, Obie, 1932-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
31-Oct-1932
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| Speaker place of birth: |
De Kalb, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Businessman; Educator; Undertaker
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| Age at speaking: |
65
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| Document date: |
30-Sep-1997
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| Interviewer: |
Bolton, Charles
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agriculture; Cities and towns--Mississippi; City and town life--Mississippi; Community; Local history; Mississippi; Mississippi--History; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025619-27507
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