Dr. David White interviewed by Alferdteen Harrison, Transcript.
- Title
- Dr. David White interviewed by Alferdteen Harrison, Transcript.
- Date
- 1981-09-15
- Creator
- David White
- Contributor
- Alferdteen Harrison
- Description
- Dr. David White was the first Black optometrist in the state of Mississippi when he moved onto Farish Street in 1951. He talks about Farish Street before and after integration: Black businesses became less prosperous after integration as some Black customers went to white owned businesses. He also talks about his involvement with the NAACP.
- Primary Subject
- 1900-1999 See all items with this value
- Business See all items with this value
- Race relations See all items with this value
- Civil Rights Movement See all items with this value
- Additional Subject
- Desegregation
- Location
- Farish Street Historic District
- Jackson
- Mississippi
- Type
- Textual document
- Medium
- Paper
- Format
- JPEG
- HBCU Identifier
- mwchcac.oh.2022.farish.tran.0031
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.JSU.0948
- Rights
- All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director
- Contributing Institution
- Jackson State University
- Collection
- The Farish Street Project Oral History Collection
- Item sets
- JSU Farish Street Project Transcripts
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