Oral history interview with Reverend John Bonner, Jr. [transcript]

Title: Oral history interview with Reverend John Bonner, Jr. [transcript]
Description: Reverend John Hare Bonner, Jr. (22 Dec 1919-20 Mar 1993), community activist and rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church since 1956, notes changes seen in his parish over the years; recounts church's efforts to meet community needs through outreach programs such as those which led to the establishment and development of the St. Barnabas nursing home complex; briefly relates history of St. Paul's; discusses his association with and activities of both the informal biracial committee and the mayor's human relations committee that helped implement the desegregation process in Chattanooga in the 1960s.

Note that this recording could not be digitized due to condition; only the transcript is available digitally.
Interviewee: Bonner, John, 1919-1993
Interviewer: Bradley, Norman, 1913-2004
Extent: 1 audiocassette (1 hour 30 minutes); 1 transcript (31 pages)
Collection: Chattanooga Public Library Oral History Collection
Subject: St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Chattanooga, Tenn.); Civil Rights -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga; Segregation -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga; St. Barnabas Complex (Chattanooga, Tenn.); Clergy -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga; Bonner, John, 1919-1993
Rights: No Copyright
Bibliographic Citation: Oral History Collection. Chattanooga Public Library.
Relation: Index to the Oral History Collection
Identifier: OHP 33
Type: Text
Language: English

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