Black History Oral History Collection (Ms2003-011)

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Title

Black History Oral History Collection (Ms2003-011)

Subject

African American history
University Archives
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Description

This collection includes oral history accounts from various African Americans with experience at Virginia Tech and/or in the Blacksburg area between the 1950s and the early 2000s.

Abstract

This collection includes oral history accounts from various African Americans with experience at Virginia Tech and/or in the Blacksburg area between the 1950s and the early 2000s.

Creator

Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Black History Oral History Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Rights Holder

Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Collection Items

Oral History with Phillip Price, February 1, 1996 (Ms2003-011)
Rev. Phillip Harmon Price and his sister, Anna Christine Price integrated Blacksburg High School in 1961

Oral History with Dr. James Darnell Watkins, March 31, 2000 (Ms2003-011)
Class of 1971, one of six charter members of Groove Phi Groove

Oral History with Jerry Gaines, March 28, 2003 (Ms2003-011)
Class of 1971, first black scholarship athlete at Virginia Tech

Oral History with Dr. Essex Finney, March 26, 1999 (Ms2003-011)
Class of 1959, one of the first three black graduates of Virginia Tech

Oral History with Irving Linwood Peddrew III, November 29, 2002 (Ms2003-011)
Irving Linwood Peddrew III was the first black student at Virginia Tech

Oral History with Dr. Charlie Yates, September 13, 2000 (Ms2003-011)
Class of 1958 first black graduate of Virginia Tech
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