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Oral History Interview with Lina Maddox, April 9, 2014

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Transcript of an interview with Lina Mae Maddox, telephone operator and EEOC member and activist, concerning her childhood as a white Mississippi sharecropper; experiences of discrimination against poor and women; move to Dallas for war work; experiences of segregation; sympathizing with African Americans' experiences with discrimination; public reaction to the Civil Rights Act; EEOC and union activism; civil rights improvements. Appendix includes excerpts from Maddox's autobiography and various photos.
Date: April 9, 2014
Creator: Fant, Christopher E. & Maddox, Lina Mae, 1923-
System: The UNT Digital Library