The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project 

The Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project 

Creator Special Collections JMU History
Description Betty Kilby Fisher moved to the Warren County area as a young girl. She attended a segregated elementary school in Warren County. Upon her graduation from the seventh grade her father filed a case with the NAACP to integrate the Warren County High School.
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Date from 2006
Date to
Geographic school Warren County, VA
Size 3 interviews
Access restrictions yes/no
Access restrictions
Part Of larger collection yes/no
Larger collection title
URL http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/OralHistory/ListofOralHistoryCollections.aspx
Repository James Madison University Libraries, Special Collections
Repository address Carrier Library Second Floor, Room 207, MSC 1704, James Madison University, 880 Madison Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Repository contact name
Repository contact title James Madison University Libraries. Special Collections
Repository contact email library-special@jmu.edu
Repository contact phone (540) 568-3612
DoveRegion region7
Subjects o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    School integration

o    Shenandoah River Valley (Va. And W. Va.)

Types o    Interviews

o    Manuscripts

o    Sound recordings

o    Transcripts

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