Lucile Scott oral history interview, 1991 Oct. 22.

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Lucile Scott oral history interview, 1991 Oct. 22.

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The collection consists of an oral history interview with Lucile Scott on October 22, 1991 in which she discusses Jackson State University; family background; starting a newspaper in the 1920s; husband's personality; racial coverage by the Journal and the Constitution; selling techniques; black community news coverage; content of newspaper; Rich's Department Store; Auburn Avenue; Yates and Milton Drug Store; Duke Ellington; the Hungry Club; black women in media; the World photographs by W.A. Scott III; Browner Brothers; Dorothy Hart; Edna Grey; advertising at the World; achievements of the World; celebrity column by Lucile Scott; Duke Ellington; segregation and the Ellington Band; memories of segregation; and changes in Atlanta.

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Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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