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Interview with Thomas Sisson, Public Works Commissioner in 2004

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Sisson, Thomas E. (Pete)
Gritter, Elizabeth
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Oral history, Interviews, Memphis (Tenn.), Civil rights, Crump, Edward Hull, 1874-1954, Politics and government, Park rangers, Segregation, Overton Park (Memphis, Tenn.)
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20040622_Thomas_Sisson
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Everett R. Cook Oral History Collection
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In this interview, native Memphian Thomas "Pete" Sisson recounts his long political career starting in the Public Parks Commission, being president of the Memphis Jaycee Club, and his role as Public Works Commissioner throughout the 1950s and 1960s.