Interview with Queen Ann Butler Roseborough Davis - OH 124

Interviewer

Reginald Gladney

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Abstract

This interview was conducted by Reginald Gladney with Queen Ann Butler Roseborough Davis (b. 1938 for his Oral History Project. Mrs. Davis was born in Ridgeway, SC to Rev. James R. Butler (1903-2001) and Mary Green Butler (1910-1987). She discusses her childhood and the difficulties experienced by the black community in rural South Carolina during the Jim Crow period as well as the differences she experienced in the North during this time. She discusses the influences she had growing up that inspired her to join the Civil Rights Movement. Mrs. Davis also discusses the effects of the Movement in Winnsboro, South Carolina and more rural areas in general. Mrs. Davis attended Johnson C. Smith University for her BA in English and French and Winthrop College for her Master of Arts in Teaching. She details her experiences and opinion on the differences in education between the black and white communities. As well as her influences and decision to join the National Negro Council of Women (NCNW) and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Publication Date

3-27-1981

Unique Identifier

OH 124

Format

1 Cassette; MP3; WAV;

Length

01:01:31

Restrictions

This interview is open for use.

Series

Civil Rights Movement, History 509

Disciplines

Oral History

Keywords

Integration, SNCC

Interview with Queen Ann Butler Roseborough Davis - OH 124

LC Subject Headings

School integration, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

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