Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Theodore Newkirk's oral history; Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Theodore Newkirk's oral history
Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Theodore Newkirk's oral history; Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Theodore Newkirk's oral history
Entry/Object ID
2009.002.0059
Scope and Content
1 compact disk ; 4 11/16" in diameter
Theodore Newkirk's oral history interview on November 10, 2003. Mr. Newkirk came to St. Mary's County in 1954 to work at the naval base. He was president of the Carver PTA and vice president of the committee to integrate the county's schools. He helped recruit black students to integrate Great Mills High School. It took eight years for the schools to be integrated. He described various attempts to integrate the schools. It was important to him that his children learned how to act with people of all persuasions. The interview is on one disk and in a black plastic container with a cream label on the spine.
This object contains:
2009.002.0059.0001--Transcript of Theodore Newkirk's oral history
Collection
Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Collection