Bobby Lovett

Bobby Lovett

Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute

Interview with Bobby Lovett about the comprehensive history of Black education in Tennessee and the US South. From the Civil War through Reconstruction, Jim Crow to today, Dr. Lovett covers the politics and social movements that led to the development of Rogersville, Tennessee's Swift Memorial Institute and other HBCU's (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). Interview was recorded at the Downtown Branch, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.

Black in Appalachia

Bobby Lovett

Black in Appalachia

2014

William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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