Interviewer
Jackie Fourie
Files
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. The topic of this interview is the Civil Rights Movement. Mr. Atkinson discusses: his personal history and childhood; his family; restaurants; segregation & integration; religion and the Church; the Marshall plane crash that killed the football team; Douglass High School; individuals such as William Jackson & Thelma Gordon; punishments for children (including corporeal punishment); and some anecdotes.
Publication Date
1996
Identifier
OH64-554
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-554.
Rights
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, OH64-554, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Atkinson, Ronald, -- Autobiography.
Douglass High School (Huntington, W.Va.) -- Oral histories.
Civil rights -- Oral histories.
Child rearing -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Sex differences -- Oral histories.