| Title: |
Dukes, Tommie
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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: |
Tommie Dukes Sr. was born in 1906 in Richardson, Mississippi, which was a town located outside of Picayune but no longer exists. He was raised in Kiln and Lumberton, Mississippi, and achieved fame as a professional baseball player during the '30s and '40s in the American and National Negro Leagues.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohdukest.html
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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: |
Dukes, Tommie, 1906-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1906
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Richardson, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Athlete; Lumberman; Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
74
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| Document location: |
Lumberton, MS
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| Document date: |
20-Aug-1980
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| Interviewer: |
Pyle, R. Wayne
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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: |
OHI0025627-27520
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