Oral history interview with Bernyce Mills DeVaughn, June 22, 2011
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Title
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Oral history interview with Bernyce Mills DeVaughn, June 22, 2011
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Contact
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scrc@temple.edu
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Organization
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Girard College
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Congress of Racial Equality
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
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Date
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2011-06-22
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Digital Collection
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Urban Archives Audio
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Civil Rights in a Northern City
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Desegregation of Girard College
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Digital Collection Facet
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Desegregation of Girard College
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Digital Publisher
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Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries
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Format
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Audio
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Geographic Subject
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Norfolk (Va.)
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Icon
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http://gamma.library.temple.edu/crnc/themes/civil-rights/css/media-icon.png
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Identifier
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AOH1093X20110622devaughn
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Clip Summary
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Bernyce Mills DeVaughn (January 10, 1948- ) grew up in Norfolk, Virginia before moving to Philadelphia in the 1960s. Ms. DeVaughn participated in the NAACP protests at Girard College between 1965 and 1968 and shares her memories of the demonstrations and the police response. Ms. DeVaughn also details her experiences of racial segregation and discrimination in both the North and the South, as well as her recollections of Philadelphia chapter NAACP President Cecil B. Moore, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Father Paul Washington, and other prominent civil rights leaders.
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Repository
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Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives
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Rights
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This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.
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Subject
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Civil rights
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Race discrimination
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Segregation
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Demonstrations
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Race relations
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Schools
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Type
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Oral histories
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