Interview with James Armstrong

Interview with James Armstrong

In this interview, Armstrong discusses growing up in the country; he was born in Dallas County, Alabama. He entered the service in 1943 and learned to cut hair; he eventually established a barbering business in Birmingham. Armstrong describes segregation in Birmingham, the role Fred Shuttlesworth pl...

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Published: University of Alabama Libraries
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Oral histories
Online Access:http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54286
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collection Working Lives Oral History Collection
building University of Alabama Libraries
publisher University of Alabama Libraries
topic Oral histories
spellingShingle Oral histories
Interview with James Armstrong
fulltopic Oral histories
Armstrong, James--Interviews; interviews; transcripts
description In this interview, Armstrong discusses growing up in the country; he was born in Dallas County, Alabama. He entered the service in 1943 and learned to cut hair; he eventually established a barbering business in Birmingham. Armstrong describes segregation in Birmingham, the role Fred Shuttlesworth played in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham and the eventual integration of buses, lunch counters, parks and schools. He describes segregated buses and harassment by the local police force. He also recalled attempting to register to vote. He was charged a poll tax each time and was asked to recite the Constitution, supply the physical address of Alabama senators, know the number of bubbles in a bar of soap or the number seeds in a watermelon.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.
spelling Interview with James ArmstrongArmstrong, James (Interviewee); Kuhn, Cliff (Interviewer)Sound; Text1984 July 16engelectronic; image/jpeg; 1 audio cassette; 1 transcriptIn this interview, Armstrong discusses growing up in the country; he was born in Dallas County, Alabama. He entered the service in 1943 and learned to cut hair; he eventually established a barbering business in Birmingham. Armstrong describes segregation in Birmingham, the role Fred Shuttlesworth played in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham and the eventual integration of buses, lunch counters, parks and schools. He describes segregated buses and harassment by the local police force. He also recalled attempting to register to vote. He was charged a poll tax each time and was asked to recite the Constitution, supply the physical address of Alabama senators, know the number of bubbles in a bar of soap or the number seeds in a watermelon.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.Armstrong, James--Interviews; interviews; transcriptsUnited States--Alabama--Jefferson County--BirminghamThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsWorking Lives Oral History Projectu0008_0000003_0000003http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54286Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/u0008_0000003/id/131
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