Ruth M. Fitts interviewed by Lavaree Jones, Audio/Transcript.
- Title
- Ruth M. Fitts interviewed by Lavaree Jones, Audio/Transcript.
- Date
- 1990-05-31
- Creator
- Ruth M. Fitts
- Contributor
- Lavaree Jones
- Description
- Ruth Fitts became a teacher with Head Start in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1966 after being alerted by her husband to a job opening in an advertisement. She talks about her experiences being a White teacher in the Head Start Program and discusses a number of colleagues she worked with.
- Primary Subject
- 1900-1999 See all items with this value
- Education See all items with this value
- Family See all items with this value
- Race relations See all items with this value
- Location
- Tupelo
- Lee County
- Mississippi
- United States
- Type
- Audio
- Medium
- Audiocassettes - 1/8 inch (standard)
- Measurements
- 32 min
- Format
- MP3
- HBCU Identifier
- mwchcac.oh.2022.hs.aud40
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.JSU.0443
- 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
- Source
- Head Start Oral History Collection
- Item sets
- JSU Head Start Audio
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