Interviewer
Martha Williams and Steve McKnight
Files
Streaming Media
Abstract
In her August 1975 interview with Martha Williams, the 1967 Winthrop graduate,
Arnetta Gladden Mackey, reminisces her time at the University. Mackey shares her experience coming to Winthrop as one of the first black students after the school integrated. Mackey recalls the reaction she received from students, faculty, and members of the Rock Hill community. Mackey finally lends her answer to the question of whether or not she would do it all over again. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Publication Date
8-1975
Unique Identifier
OH 017
Format
MP3
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" (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
