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| Creator: | Shively, James, 1922- |
| Title: | Oral history interview with James Shively |
| Date: | 1978 Dec. 18 |
| Description: | Oral history interview conducted with James Shively on December 18, 1978 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Shively focuses largely on his education in Louisville, at Louisville Central High School and the Louisville Municipal College, in the 1930s and 1940s. He discusses his extracurricular experiences as well as the more academic aspects of both of these institutions. He also describes his experiences during World War II, when he served in a segregated signal corps unit in Italy. Mr. Shively finished college on the G.I. Bill following the war, and he talks about the difficulty of finding a job once he completed his education, due to discrimination on the basis of race. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Sound recordings | Transcripts | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Shively, James, 1922- | African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Education (Secondary)--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Education (Higher)--Kentucky--Louisville | African Americans--Social conditions | Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.) | African American universities and colleges--Kentucky--Louisville | African American high schools--Kentucky--Louisville | Central High School (Louisville, Ky.) | Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity | African American Greek letter societies-- | African Americans--Employment | Discrimination in employment--Kentucky--Louisville | Race discrimination--Kentucky--Louisville | Race relations | Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century | World War, 1939-1945--African Americans | African American soldiers--Italy | United States. Army. Signal Corps--African American troops | Louisville (Ky.) | Jefferson County (Ky.) |
| Collection: | African American Oral History Collection |
| Institution: | University of Louisville University Archives and Records Center |
| Contributors: | Cox, Dwayne, 1950- | William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center | African American Community Interviews Collection (William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center) |
| Online Publisher: | Louisville, Ky. : University of Louisville Archives and Records Center |
| Original Material: | Audiocassette tapes number 692 and 693, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. |
| Rights and Usage: | To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://library.louisville.edu/uarc/digicollorder.html; please cite the Interview Number when ordering. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: African American Community Interviews, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digital.library.louisville.edu/u?/afamoh,121 |
