Oral history interview with Ardath McQuirter, 2000 October 28.

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McQuirter, Ardath, 1944-. Oral history interview with Ardath McQuirter, 2000 October 28.

Oral history interview with Ardath McQuirter, 2000 October 28.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/417648227

Interview with Ardath McQuirter, a homemaker, concerning her reminiscences about her African-American family in Jackson, Mississippi, and Gary, Indiana. Early youth in Jackson; African-American social and cultural life in Jackson; early experiences with segregation; her family's emphasis on education; her father's migration to Gary in search of work, 1945; her permanent move to Gary; family life in Gary; race relations in Gary; her summer visits back to Mississippi during the 1950s; her return to Mississippi with her mother in 1953; adjustments in moving back to the South; church activities; comments about various family members.

146 leaves ; 29 cm.

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