Memphis Tennessee Garrison : the remarkable story of a Black Appalachian woman /

"As a black Appalachian woman, Memphis Tennessee Garrison belonged to a group triply ignored by historians." "The daughter of former slaves, she moved with her family to McDowell County, West Virginia, at an early age. The coalfields of McDowell County were among the richest in the na...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, 1890-1988
Otros Autores: Bickley, Ancella R., Ewen, Lynda Ann, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2001.
Colección:Ohio University Press series in ethnicity and gender in Appalachia.
Temas:
Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, > 1890-1988 > Interviews.
Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, > 1890-1988
Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, > (1890-1988)
1900-1999
African American women > West Virginia > McDowell County > Biography.
African Americans > West Virginia > McDowell County > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > West Virginia > History > 20th century.
African Americans > West Virginia > Social conditions > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Virginie-Occidentale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Virginie-Occidentale > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > State & Local.
African American women
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Social conditions
Race relations
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Interview
Schwarze Frau
Noirs américains > Virginie-Occidentale (États-Unis) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
West Virginia > Race relations.
McDowell County (W. Va.) > Biography.
Virginie-Occidentale > Relations raciales.
West Virginia
West Virginia > McDowell County
Virginie-Occidentale (États-Unis) > Relations interethniques.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Interviews
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"As a black Appalachian woman, Memphis Tennessee Garrison belonged to a group triply ignored by historians." "The daughter of former slaves, she moved with her family to McDowell County, West Virginia, at an early age. The coalfields of McDowell County were among the richest in the nation, and Garrison grew up surrounded by black workers who were the backbone of West Virginia's early mining work force - those who laid the railroad tracks, manned the coke ovens, and dug the coal. These workers and their families created communities that became the centers of black political activity - both in the struggle for the union and in the struggle for local political control. Memphis Tennessee Garrison, as a political organizer, and ultimately as vice president of the National Board of the NAACP at the height of the civil rights movement (1963-66), was at the heart of these efforts." "Based on transcripts of interviews recorded in 1969, Garrison's oral history is a rich, rare, and compelling story. It portrays African American life in West Virginia in an era when Garrison and other courageous community members overcame great obstacles to improve their working conditions, to send their children to school and then to college, and otherwise to enlarge and enrich their lives."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxiv, 249 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index.
ISBN:0821440659
9780821440650

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