The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

[School desegregation in Alcoa, Tennessee oral history project]

Repository: African Americans of Appalachia and Blount County [Organization]

Collection Description (CRHP): Students at Alcoa High School conducted oral histories on school desegregation in Alcoa, Tennessee, from the mid to late 1960s. They looked at particular at the black high school, Charles M. Hall High School, which no longer exists. Twenty to twenty-five transcripts of these interviews are housed at the African Americans of Appalachia and Blount County organization.

Digital Status: No

Extent: circa 25 transcripts

Language: English

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African American schools
African American students--Tennessee
African Americans--Appalachian Region
Appalachian Region
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
School integration--Tennessee
Segregation in education--Tennessee

Genres:

Interviews
Transcripts