Interview with Shelby F. Lewis, July 15, 1994
Project: APSA/Pi Sigma Alpha: African American Political Scientists Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview Dr. Shelby Lewis, a professor of political science with a focus on Africa in development studies, discusses growing up in Louisiana. She describes attending a poor segregated public school and her undergraduate education at Southern College. Lewis discusses attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to pursue a graduate degree on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. She describes traveling and working in Africa, studying and teaching, and eventually getting her PhD from the University of New Orleans. Lewis also discusses her service on committees and in various organizations.Interview Accession
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Africa African American political scientists--Interviews African American women in higher education Africana American Political Science Association Education, Higher Lewis, Shelby, F. Lewis, Shelby, F.--Interviews Louisiana Political development Political science Women political scientists Women's studiesInterview Rights
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Lewis, Shelby F. Interview by Twiley W. Barker. 15 Jul. 1994. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Lewis, S.F. (1994, July 15). Interview by T. W. Barker. APSA/Pi Sigma Alpha: African American Political Scientists Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Lewis, Shelby F., interview by Twiley W. Barker. July 15, 1994, APSA/Pi Sigma Alpha: African American Political Scientists Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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