Eva Parker oral history interview [sound recording], 2000 April 27.

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Eva Parker oral history interview [sound recording], 2000 April 27.

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Parker begins by recounting her childhood in rural South Georgia. She describes life in a poor black family, without consistent access to education. Parker states that the Methodist Church was a very powerful influence in her life, and that it was in fact the Methodist Church which led her to her work in the Equal Rights Amendment. Parker speaks about her interests in the Civil Rights Movement and Gay Rights, and she recalls an incident during the early 1960s when she successfully demanded that black voters be allowed to vote in the same place as white voters, rather than behind the courthouse, as had been the tradition. The first woman to be elected onto her church's Council on Ministries, she discusses the work she undertook for the United Methodist Women. Finally, Parker talks about issues that are currently important to women, citing family abuse as an area that needs to be dealt with.

2 sound cassettes : analog.2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.transcript 46 leaves ; 28 cm.

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