Oral History Interview with Wilson, Mrs. Charles, June 6, 2015

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Interview with Mrs. Charles Wilson, president of the Harrison County NAACP from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Mrs. Wilson discusses her family background, early education, living in a segregated neighborhood, and her education. She also talks about the effects of school integration, racial violence, and resistance to civil rights. Wilson also discusses her family life and work as a teacher. Finally she discusses the current state of racial equality in Marshall.

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Wilson, Mrs. Charles & Bynum, Katherine June 6, 2015.

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Interview with Mrs. Charles Wilson, president of the Harrison County NAACP from Marshall, Texas. In the interview, Mrs. Wilson discusses her family background, early education, living in a segregated neighborhood, and her education. She also talks about the effects of school integration, racial violence, and resistance to civil rights. Wilson also discusses her family life and work as a teacher. Finally she discusses the current state of racial equality in Marshall.

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6 videos : sd., col. ; digital

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  • https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-mrs-charles-wilson

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Civil Rights in Black and Brown

Based at TCU, the Civil Rights in Black and Brown (CRBB) Oral History Project collects, interprets, and disseminates oral history interviews of the brown and black freedom struggles in Texas.

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  • June 6, 2015

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  • March 23, 2017, 7:52 a.m.

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Wilson, Mrs. Charles & Bynum, Katherine. Oral History Interview with Wilson, Mrs. Charles, June 6, 2015, video, June 6, 2015; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth836737/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library.

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