Papers, 1972-1983.

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Papers, 1972-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38196466

Collection contains Howard's research material for an honors thesis. There are fifteen envelopes of research notes, chronologically arranged, covering the years 1854-1965. The notes concern the early history of Durham, and events related to the struggle for racial equality in Durham, N.C. There are notes and outlines of interviews (cassette tapes and telephone conversations) and a list of persons interviewed by Howard, including Mary Trent Semans, Floyd McKissick, and other persons who participated in, or witnessed this struggle. Also included are copies of two papers, written by other Duke students in 1972 and 1978, about the Civil Rights movement in Durham, N.C., during the early 1960s.

553 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7400981

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent

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Interviewee married James H. Semans; interviewee b.1920. From the description of Reminiscences of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597351 Member of the Duke family and a female philanthropic leader in health care at Duke and in the Durham community. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, 2007. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: ...

Howard, Chris D.

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Duke University (Durham, N.C.) undergraduate. From the description of Papers, 1972-1983. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38196466 ...

McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991

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Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991) was born in Asheville, N.C. He was an attorney, businessman, and civil rights leader. McKissick married Evelyn Williams, with whom he had four children: Joycelyn; Andree; Floyd, Jr.; and Charmaine. From the description of Floyd B. McKissick papers, 1940s-1980s. WorldCat record id: 39668375 Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991), the son of Ernest Boyce and Magnolia Thompson McKissick, was born in Asheville, N.C., on 9 March 1922. He earned...