Interviewer
Linda Ann Ewen
Files
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. At the time of the interview, Reverend Homer Davis was president of the Charleston Area NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). He discusses: his personal history and family; his education; segregation and integration; teachers he has known; the Methodist Church; his service in the Army during World War II and discrimination he faced; his views on returning black veterans and how the war experience changed them; and other topics.
Publication Date
1997
Identifier
OH64-558
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-558.
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, OH64-558, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Davis, Homer, 1923- -- Autobiography.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Oral Histories.
United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Oral histories.
United States. Army -- Oral histories.
Oral histories.