Interviewer
Martha Williams
Files
Streaming Media
Abstract
This collection includes an interview with Arnetta Gladden Mackey (1948-2009) who, along with Delores Johnson Hurt, was one of the first two undergraduate students admitted to Winthrop in 1964. She graduated from Winthrop in 1967. Mrs. Mackey discusses her childhood and family, her feelings about attending college, receiving her scholarship to Winthrop, and her feelings about attending an all-white school. She also describes her experience living in the dorm, Rat Week, her social life, her experience with her white peers, and her experience with academics. Mrs. Mackey discusses her experience with the lack of Black churches in the area, the white church she initially attended (Oakland Baptist), and the Black church (Mt. Prospect Baptist Church) she attended once Oakland Baptist refused to let her in for worship. Mrs. Mackey also discusses the reaction she received from students, faculty, and members of the Rock Hill community, as well as her life and family after her graduation.
Publication Date
8-1975
Unique Identifier
OH 017
Format
MP3; WAV;
Length
00:54:04
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Series
Alumni, Civil Rights Movement, Integration
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
First black student, biology, dorm life, sit-ins, church, blue line
Recommended Citation
Mackey, Arnetta Gladden, "Interview with Arnetta Gladden Mackey - OH 17" (1975). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 017.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/149
LC Subject Headings
Winthrop College, the South Carolina College for Women -- Alumni and alumnae, Winthrop College, the South Carolina College for Women -- Students -- History, African American college students -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill, African Americans -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill, College integration -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill
