Interviewer
Jackie Fourie
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. At the time of the interview, Mr. Thomas was president of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and the topic of this interview is the Civil Rights Movement. He discusses: his education; his employment history (including working at Allied Corporation and as Housing Director for the City of Huntington); racism he faced; organizations such as the NAACP; Douglass High School; the desegregation of schools; economics and businesses run by African-Americans; government programs; restaurants; black/ white relations; churches; cross burning and the Ku Klux Klan; being married to a white woman; and other topics.
Publication Date
1996
Identifier
OH64-545
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-545.
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Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-545, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Thomas, Michael, -- Autobiography.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- West Virginia -- Oral Histories.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Oral histories.
Civil rights -- Oral histories.
Civil rights -- Oral histories.