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Lancie Thomas & Claretta Blackmon Interview Clip

Lancie Thomas and Claretta Blackmon talk about The Mobile Beacon, what it has done for the community, politics, Gov. Wallace, and the Klan.

Tags: African American newspaper, desegregation, George Wallace, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Mobile, newspaper, politics, The Beacon

Willie Pearl Lewis Interview Clips

Willie Pearl Lewis talks about being a teacher, moving from Mobile County Training School to Vigor High School, and being one of the first black teachers at a formerly all white school.

Tags: desegregation, education, literacy, Mobile County Training School, oral history. Willie Pearl Lewis, race relations, Randolph Thrower, Vigor High School

James Arthur Reed Interview Clip

James Arthur Reed talks about Gomez Auditorium, the bands that used to play there, and his first job at Albright and Wood's Drug Store.

Tags: Albright & Wood, Arthur James Reed, Besteda Brothers, Carolina Cottonpickers, Davis Avenue, Ella Fitzgerald, Gomez Auditorium, Simon Hat Shop, zoot suit

Full List of VOHP Interviews

List of full VOHP interviews available for viewing at Local History & Genealogy library

Lorna Gail Woods Interview Clip

Lorna Woods talks about the sense of community and family she experienced growing up in Lewis' Quarters.

Tags: Africatown, community, Lewis' Quarters, love

Rosemary Braziel Butler Interview Clip

Rosemary Butler talks about race relations in Mobile, including segregated theaters and her husband's fight for the position of State Housing Commissioner .

Tags: Mobile Housing Board, race relations, segregation, theater, Wallace