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Alvin Pitmon talks about his experiences with prejudice in Arkansas and his feelings towards Dr. Martin Luther King

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Pitmon, Alvin

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Alvin Pitmon talks about his experiences with prejudice in Arkansas during the forced integration of schools in the 1960s. He discusses his feelings towards Dr. Martin Luther King and the effects Dr. King had on him.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Arkansas
  3. Assassination
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Movements
  6. Discrimination
  7. Discrimination In Education
  8. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
  9. Oral History
  10. Race Discrimination
  11. School Integration
  12. Segregation In Education
  13. United States

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