An oral history with Peter H. Stewart, 1997 Aug. 20, 28. c1999.

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An oral history with Peter H. Stewart, 1997 Aug. 20, 28. c1999.

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Discusses his memories of share cropping in Mississippi, his experiences in the Air Force, at Jackson State, and at Howard University, and his early teaching career. Reviews his work to integrate Jackson's public areas, and his efforts with the Head Start Program, the Child Development Group in Mississippi, and Mississippi Action for Progress. Discusses the challenges for African American students at the University Medical Center (UMC).

55 p. ; 28 cm.

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

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

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Mississippi Action for Progress

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Child Development Group of Mississippi

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The Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) was a community action group that developed a Head Start program for low income, primarily black, pre-school children. The CDGM Head Start program evolved from a meeting called by Dr. Tom Levin, a civil rights activist, with five other social scientists and professionals, which was held in New York City on March 11, 1965. Levin was the first director of the CDGM's Head Start program which, in its heyday, operated eighty-seven centers...

Stewart, Peter H., 1934-

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Peter H. Stewart (born 1934) began teaching in Edwards, Mississippi in 1961 after he served in the U.S. Air Force and earned his degree from Jackson State University. In August 1969, he began to work for Friends of Children, a Head Start agency. The following year he became the executive director of the committee to oversee integration of the city of Jackson, Mississippi. In 1973, he was named the director of minority affairs for the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In 1991, he began to...