| Title: |
Owens, 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: |
Mississippi Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Born on May 7, 1921, in Natchez, Mississippi, Mr. Lee Owens, Jr. is the son of Lee and Florence Owens. When he was seven years old, he was working in the cotton field for half a day, and attending school for half a day, living on a Natchez plantation. Because his parents could not afford to send him to school, he stopped attending school in the second grade and continued working in the cotton fields full-time. In 1939, Mr. Owens left Natchez to work at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He was drafted into military service and spent some time at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. Racism and the rule of Jim Crow were common during these times.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohowensl.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2000 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Owens, Lee, 1921-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
7-May-1921
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Natchez, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Activist; Laborer; Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
79
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| Document date: |
26-Apr-2000
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| Interviewer: |
Henderson, William
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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: |
OHI0025694-27609
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