Magee, Clarence E., 1932-

Mr. Magee was raised in Columbia, Mississippi. He earned his bachelor's degree from Alcorn State University in 1954, served for two years in the Army, and attended graduate school at Harvard University before returning to Mississippi to teach. While teaching in Hattiesburg he worked in bi-racial committees and struggled for African American voting rights. He was a local president of the NAACP before he moved to Mobile, Alabama in the mid-1970s to work for the Federal Food and Nutrition Services.

From the description of An oral history with Clarence Magee, 1997 and 1998. c1999. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 45742897