Berea College Selma to Montgomery Oral History Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 14-14.06

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This Collection consists of recorded interviews and transcripts of interviews with former Berea College students and faculty who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights march led by Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. The interviews were recorded by Berea College assistant professor of history, Dr. Dwayne Mack, and student assistant, Brittney Westbrook.

Listen to Interview Recordings and / or Read Interview Transcripts

Dates

Other: Majority of material found in 2004

Creator

Mack, Dwayne. (Person)
Westbrook, Brittney. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives,Hutchins Library, Berea College. Follow links in the audio recordings box list to listen to interviews and read interview transcripts.

Conditions Governing Use

See Archivist for more information.

Extent

0.80 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Berea students, faculty, and staff, along with many others, had previously participated in a 1964 march on the state capitol in Frankfort to lobby the Kentucky legislature to pass civil rights legislation. On March 7,1965, a small group of Bereans took part in a King-led march that had to turn back before arriving at Montgomery—during which a white minister from Boston was killed. The subsequent five-day march of March 21st through the 25th drew more than 25,000 participants. Fifty-eight Berea College students and faculty members participated, the largest contingent of all Kentucky colleges and universities.

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged in series as follows: Series 1: Original Audio Cassette Interview Recordings and CD Listening Copies; Series 2: Interview Transcripts (Includes Transcript Links For Interviews Without Recordings)