Interview with Mary Woods McGee, August 20, 2001

Project: Black Life in Mississippi in the 1950's Oral History Project

Interview Summary

McGee discusses her family history and experiences as a sharecropper in Mississippi. McGee goes on to speak about her experiences as a mother and a wife.

Interview Accession

2001oh059_blm006

Interviewee Name

Mary Woods McGee

Interviewer Name

Kathi Kern

Interview Date

2001-08-20

Interview Keyword

African American life Mississippi Race relations racial discrimination

Interview LC Subject

African American clergy African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Employment--Mississippi African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Social conditions McGee, Mary Woods McGee, Mary Woods--Interviews Mississippi African Americans African Americans--Race identity

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McGee, Mary Woods Interview by Kathi Kern. 20 Aug. 2001. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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