Leslie Burl McLemore oral history with Michelle Barrasso

Item Information

Title:
Leslie Burl McLemore oral history with Michelle Barrasso
Description:
Interview with former UMass Amherst graduate student, Leslie Burl McLemore, about his experiences on campus 1966-1970 as a doctoral student in the Government (now Political Science) department, and his life as a professor and activist. McLemore grew up in Mississippi and was active in the civil rights movement as an undergraduate at Rust College, and during his years earning a master's degree and teaching in Atlanta. At UMass he was a member of the black student organization, George Washington Carver Society, and helped with the push to develop the W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies. Interview conducted, and video recorded, with an online messaging application, causing video and sound quality to vary throughout the interview.
Interviewee:
McLemore, Leslie Burl
Interviewer:
Barrasso, Michelle
Date:
November 13, 2018
Format:
Film/Video
Genre:
Motion pictures (visual work)
Oral histories
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Black Pioneers Project Records
Subjects:
University of Massachusetts Amherst--History
University of Massachusetts Amherst--Students
University of Massachusetts Amherst--Alumni
African Americans--Massachusetts
African American college students--Massachusetts
African Americans--Education--Massachusetts
African American college teachers
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
00:56:27
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg050_9-i001
Terms of Use:
Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
murg050_9-i001