Port Gibson, Mississippi, 1992
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at Indiana University
Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for the
Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice
Indiana University
Franklin Hall 0030B
601 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu
Creator
Indiana University Center for the Study of
History and Memory
TitlePort Gibson, Mississippi, 1992
Project No.
ohrc107
Interviews
2 interviews. Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral
materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030B.
Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives.
Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the
interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and
Practice office.
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The interviews in this collection primarily
discuss civil rights issues in Claiborne County, Mississippi. Some topics discussed are
Black voter registration, school integration, and freedom of choice. The interviewees'
childhoods, including the Great Depression and World War II, are also talked about in
the interviews. The interviews were conducted as research for the Ph.D. dissertation
Common Courtesy: The Civil Rights Movement in Claiborne
County, Mississippi
by the interviewer.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains two interviews conducted in 1992. The interviews are 159 and
153 minutes respectively. Both interviews consist of audio tapes, but are not fully
transcribed.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of
History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of
twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University
is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when
such copies are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any restrictions
the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier
(pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a
transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio
files may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a
transcript is unavailable for that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a
transcript apply to the audio interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for
any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite
the data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's
and interviewer's name, and page(s).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name],
[interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research
and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and
side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote
occurs].
Interview List
Interviewee
Anonymous April 13, 1992
Call Number
92-006
Physical Description
29 pages; 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 153 minutes;
partially transcribed (tape 1 and tape 2, side A); no index
Interviewer
Crosby, Emilye
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Anonymous was a guidance counselor at Port Gibson High School in Mississippi. She
speaks about her childhood, the Great Depression, and her education that allowed
her to become a guidance counselor. She discusses, in more depth, her duties at
the high school and the difficulties of school integration that occurred in the
late nineteen sixties and early nineteen seventies.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Port Gibson High School
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Occupation Names
- guidance counselor
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Place Names
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
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Subjects
- Civil Rights Movement
- federal funding
- freedom of choice
- Great Depression
- school counseling
- school integration
Interviewee
Rankin, Ezekial April
13, 1992; May 14, 1992
Call Number
92-007
Physical Description
Not transcribed, 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 159
minutes
Interviewer
Crosby, Emilye
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Ezekial Rankin speaks about his childhood and education. he discusses living
conditions during the Great Depression. He describes his experiences in the
military during World War II including his travels, and the racism he encountered.
He discusses his role in black voter registration in the area (Mississippi). He
discusses the NAACP and the civil rights movement. Rankin shares some family
history. He talks about how the community, the country, and the government have
changed throughout his lifetime and the pros and cons of these changes. He
discusses the jobs he's held, especially farming, as well as his family and the
values he's both learned and tried to instill.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- NAACP
- United States Army
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Personal Names
- Rankin, Monroe
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Place Names
- Jefferson County, Mississippi
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Subjects
- agriculture
- Black voter registration
- civil rights movement
- community changes
- genealogy
- governmental changes
- Great Depression
- politicians
- politics
- racism
- religious beliefs
- World War II
