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Comments on family background, growing up and education in Alabama; move to Los Angeles in 1944; integration problems; continuing interest in equal rights; campaign for Los Angeles Southwest Junior College, 1965-69; her campaign for election to Board of Trustees, Los Angeles City Junior College District, 1969; organization and work of the Southeast Interracial Council.
Appended: photocopies of documentary material supporting the interview.
With this: photocopies of additional documentary material.

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Title
Odessa Cox, Challenging the status quo, the twenty-seven year campaign for Southwest Junior College; tape recorded interview conducted by Malca Chall in 1977
Creator
interviewee., Cox, Odessa Brown, 1922-
interviewer., Chall, Malca,
Cox, Sandra Elaine.
Jackson, Agnes Moreland.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
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Full Collection Name
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000168
Subject (Corporate)
Southwest Community College (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Community College District.
Southeast Interracial Council, Los Angeles.
Subject (Topic)
African Americans.
African American women California.
Education California.
Civil rights United States.
Education California -- Los Angeles.
Community colleges California -- Los Angeles.
Segregation in education California -- Los Angeles.
African Americans
Noirs américains.
Noires américaines Californie.
Droits de l'homme États-Unis.
Collèges communautaires Californie -- Los Angeles.
Ségrégation en éducation Californie -- Los Angeles.
African American.
Geographic Coverage
United States -- California -- Berkeley.
Type
Audio
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Library
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