An oral history with Phillip West, 1980 Sept. 18. c1999.

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An oral history with Phillip West, 1980 Sept. 18. c1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45721888

Discusses childhood, public school education, and experiences with discrimination in Natchez in the 1940s and 1950s. Explains his involvement with the NAACP and marches and protests in which he participated. Describes the impact of the Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner murders on race relations in Natchez.

61 p. ; 28 cm.

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7557863

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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