Interview with Constance Curry, August 8, 1997
Project: Anne Braden Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Constance Curry is a writer and activist and was the first white woman to be appointed to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) executive board. In this interview, Curry discusses being hired by the National Student Association (NSA) in 1959 to run interracial seminars for students in the South. She speaks about her impressions of Anne Braden, meeting her at the founding conference of SNCC in 1960, and Anne's involvement and impact on SNCC.Interview Accession
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African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky Baker, Ella, 1903-1986 Braden, Anne, 1924-2006 Civil rights movements--United States Civil rights workers Civil rights--Kentucky Curry, Constance, 1933- --Interviews Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) United States National Student Association Women civil rights workers--InterviewsInterview Rights
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Curry, Constance Interview by Catherine Fosl. 08 Aug. 1997. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Curry, C. (1997, August 08). Interview by C. Fosl. Anne Braden Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Curry, Constance, interview by Catherine Fosl. August 08, 1997, Anne Braden Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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