Title 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

Published Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 249 pages) : illustrations Series Ohio University Press series in ethnicity and gender in Appalachia Ohio University Press series in ethnicity and gender in Appalachia. 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 Summary "As a black Appalachian woman, Memphis Tennessee Garrison belonged to a group triply ignored by historians." "The daughter of former slaves, she moved with her family to McDowell County, West Virginia, at an early age. The coalfields of McDowell County were among the richest in the nation, and Garrison grew up surrounded by black workers who were the backbone of West Virginia's early mining work force - those who laid the railroad tracks, manned the coke ovens, and dug the coal. These workers and their families created communities that became the centers of black political activity - both in the struggle for the union and in the struggle for local political control. Memphis Tennessee Garrison, as a political organizer, and ultimately as vice president of the National Board of the NAACP at the height of the civil rights movement (1963-66), was at the heart of these efforts." "Based on transcripts of interviews recorded in 1969, Garrison's oral history is a rich, rare, and compelling story. It portrays African American life in West Virginia in an era when Garrison and other courageous community members overcame great obstacles to improve their working conditions, to send their children to school and then to college, and otherwise to enlarge and enrich their lives."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, 1890-1988 -- Interviews SUBJECT Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, 1890-1988 fast Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, (1890-1988) ram Subject African American women -- West Virginia -- McDowell County -- Biography African Americans -- West Virginia -- McDowell County -- Biography African Americans -- Civil rights -- West Virginia -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- West Virginia -- Social conditions -- 20th century BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- State & Local. African American women African Americans African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Social conditions Race relations Bürgerrechtsbewegung Interview Schwarze Frau Noirs américains -- Virginie-Occidentale (États-Unis) -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle. SUBJECT West Virginia -- Race relations McDowell County (W. Va.) -- Biography Subject West Virginia West Virginia -- McDowell County West Virginia Virginie-Occidentale (États-Unis) -- Relations interethniques. Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies History Interviews Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Bickley, Ancella R. Ewen, Lynda Ann, 1943- ISBN 0821440659 9780821440650

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