Perkins, Vera Mae.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection 368 Oral History Interview with Vera Mae Perkins
Collection
Identifier: CN 368
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Vera Mae Buckley Perkins in which she discusses her family background, her education, the importance of her Christian faith, marriage to John Perkins, racial conditions in Mississippi and involvement in Civil Rights demonstration, and racial conditions in that state. Other topics discussed include her work as a migrant laborer and participation in Civil Rights protests that resulted in the integration of the school system in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The time...
Dates:
Created: 1987
Lue Shelby Oral History Interivew.
Collection
Identifier: CN 369
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lue Shelby in which she describes her family background; Voice of Calvary Ministries; the health clinic started by VOC; health problems among the the low-income population in Jackson, MS; Bible study for patients and staff at the clinic; programs for educating the community in personal health care; racial conditions in Mississippi; and the VOC Fellowship Church. The time period covered by the interview is 1953-1987.Lue Shelby was interviewed by Paul...
Dates:
Created: 1987
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- African Americans -- Missions. 1
- African Americans -- Segregation. 1
- Alcoholism -- United States 1
- Alcoholism. -- United States -- Race relations. 1
- Christian leadership. 1
- Christian life. 1
- Christianity and justice. 1
- Christianity and politics. 1
- Church and social problems -- United States. 1
- Church work with youth -- United States. 1
- Church work with youth. 1
- Cities and towns -- Mississippi. 1
- Cities and towns. 1
- City missions -- Mississippi. 1
- City missions. 1
- Community development. 1
- Conversion. 1
- Discrimination -- Christianity. 1
- Discrimination -- United States. 1
- Discrimination. 1
- Education 1
- Education -- Mississippi. 1
- Evangelicalism -- United States. 1
- Evangelicalism. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Jackson. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Mississippi. 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Family. 1
- Fund raising. 1
- Jackson (Miss.) 1
- Medical care 1
- Medical care -- United States. 1
- Mendenhall (Miss.) 1
- Persecution -- United States. 1
- Persecution. 1
- Racism -- United States. 1
- Reconciliation -- Christianity. 1
- Reconciliation. 1
- Self-acceptance 1
- Self-acceptance -- Christianity. 1 ∧ less
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