Oral history interview with James R. Mapp [audio recording and transcript]

Title: Oral history interview with James R. Mapp [audio recording and transcript]
Description: James Rogers Mapp (16 Aug 1927-19 Jun 2015), Black civil rights activist, recalls family, childhood, education; discusses his 1961 lawsuit for the desegregation of Chattanooga public schools and civil rights efforts through work with the NAACP, Model Cities Program, affirmative action programs and in politics; relates changes and effects of integration on the Black community; also discusses the role of his wife, Viola Martin Mapp, in community, church, and civic organizations, and the accomplishments of his children.
Interviewee: Mapp, James R. (James Rogers), 1927-2015
Interviewer: Scruggs, Booker T., 1907-1996
Extent: 1 audiocassette (1 hour 10 min); 1 transcript (27 pages)
Collection: Chattanooga Public Library Oral History Collection
Subject: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; African Americans -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga -- History; Civil Rights -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga; Segregation -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga; Mapp, Viola Martin, 1930-1995; School integration -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga; Mapp, James R. (James Rogers), 1927-2015
Rights: No Copyright
Bibliographic Citation: Oral History Collection. Chattanooga Public Library.
Relation: Index to the Oral History Collection
Identifier: OHP 15
Type: Sound; Text
Language: English

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