Interviewer
Arnold Shankman and Pam Zagaroli
Files
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Abstract
This interview was conducted with Marion Allan Wright (1894-1983) who was a civil rights advocate and served as a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Also interviewed was his wife Alice Buck Norwood Spearman Wright (1902-1989) who was a Civil Rights advocate and was an ardent supporter of racial equality and desegregation policies. She presided over the first integrated South Carolina Council on Human Relations. The interview with both Marion and Alice discusses their upbringing and influences and delve into the flowing topics: the Civil rights movement, interracial marriage, abolition of death penalty by Supreme Court, the ERA (commented on by Alice Wright also), and interest in education (Alice Wright).*
Publication Date
4-1-1977
Unique Identifier
OH 024
Format
7 Cassettes; MP3; WAV;
Length
03:45:31
Restrictions
This interview is not open for use.
Series
Civil Rights Movement, Politics
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
ERA, Interracial Marriage, Death Penalty, Education
Recommended Citation
Wright, Marion Allan and Wright, Alice Norwood Spearman, "Interview with Marion Allan Wright and Alice Spearman Wright" (1977). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 024.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/250
LC Subject Headings
Civil rights movement, Equal rights amendments, Interracial marriage, Capital punishment
Notes
*The interview was done as a collaboration between Arnold Shankman and Pam Zagaroli. Based on the setup of the interview, it appears to be conducted by Mr. Shankman with both Mr. and Ms. Wright separately, with Ms. Zagaroli in the room for a portion of the interview with Ms. Wright. Then all four of them came together for a joint interview later in the interview.