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Bill Short, 2007

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Short, Bill
Jeffries, Joshua
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Oral history, Interviews, Civil rights, Education, Memphis (Tenn.), Crossroads to Freedom, Race relations, Jim Crow, 1890-1976, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968, Rhodes College (Memphis, Tenn.)
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20070727_Bill_Short
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Crossroads to Freedom Oral History Collection
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This is an interview with Bill Short, who is currently the Archivist for the Rhodes College Library. He recounts his experiences growing up in a small, rural farming community during segregation. Furthermore, he describes the tensions of racial integration on the campus of Rhodes Colleges when he was a student in the 1960's. Mr. Short relates how he worked at the personal level to increase tolerance and understanding while in college and now.