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Cathy Wright

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This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia community organizations. Mrs. Edna Duckworth was an African-American woman involved with the Southwestern Community Action Council. She discusses: her duties and involvement with the organization; her work with elderly people (including teaching them to read and providing meals and medicine); individuals such as Artis Skeens, A.D. Scott, Dr. Joseph Boutwell(?), Lola Holley, Reverend Midkiff, Robert Griffith, & Reverend Paul Houston; Project ABLE; Neighborhood Development; and information and opinions about the organization itself.

Publication Date

1984

Identifier

OH64-361

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Duckworth, Edna Smith, 1910- -- Autobiography.
Southwestern Community Action Council -- Oral histories.
Associations, institutions, etc -- Oral histories.
African-Americans -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Community organization -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-361.

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Oral History Interview: Edna Mae Duckworth

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