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Memphis Tennessee Garrison : the remarkable story of a Black Appalachian woman / edited by Ancella R. Bickley and Lynda Ann Ewen ; historical afterword by Joe W. Trotter. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, 1890-1988.
- Series:
- Ohio University Press series in ethnicity and gender in Appalachia
- Ohio University Press series in ethnicity and gender in Appalachia Memphis Tennessee Garrison
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, 1890-1988--Interviews.
- Garrison, Memphis Tennessee.
- African American women--West Virginia--McDowell County--Biography.
- African American women.
- African Americans--West Virginia--McDowell County--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights--West Virginia--History--20th century.
- African Americans--West Virginia--Social conditions--20th century.
- West Virginia--Race relations.
- West Virginia.
- McDowell County (W. Va.)--Biography.
- McDowell County (W. Va.).
- African American women--History--Civil rights--20th century--McDowell County--West Virginia--Biography.
- African Americans--Social conditions--20th century--McDowell County--West Virginia--Biography.
- African Americans--West Virginia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 249 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill., maps ;
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Family History
- Remembrances of Slavery
- Origins
- Family and Youth
- My Mother
- My Husband
- The Family Land
- Schooldays
- Working Life
- Teaching
- Participation in Teachers' Organizations
- Beyond Teaching
- Life in the Coalfields
- The Coalfields
- Racial Separation in the Coalfields
- Churches in the Coalfields
- U.S. Steel
- Miners and Unions
- Labor Relations
- Political Life
- Politics
- The Depression
- Association with the Republican Party
- The Negro Artists' Series
- Public Executions
- Finding the NAACP
- Local NAACP Activities
- NAACP Christmas Seals
- State and National NAACP Activities
- Problems of Integration in West Virginia
- Community Life
- Girl Scouts
- Books for Africa
- Awards
- Memphis Tennessee Garrison and West Virginia's African American Experience: Historical Afterword / Joe W. Trotter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-239) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4065-9
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