Interviewer
Catherine Morris-Wright
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Description
This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia community organizations. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Joan Ross was a member of the Southwestern Community Action Council (S.C.A.C.). She discusses: how she became involved with the organization; the purpose of the council; the Neighborhood Youth Corp (an organization that helped people who had dropped out of high school); overlap with other agencies in the area; the growth of S.C.A.C.; politics and its effect on the organization; African- Americans, integration, and discrimination in the area; as well as the President Nixon and President Reagan administrations and their attitudes towards poverty.
Publication Date
1984
Identifier
OH64-355
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-355.
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-355, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Ross, Joan, 1933- -- Autobiography.
Reagan, Ronald.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Southwestern Community Action Council -- Oral histories.
Athletics -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.