Category Archives: oral histories

Which Side Are You On?

Posted on July 5, 2020 by franleeperbuss

John & Viola Smith Bloody Harlan County In 1980 the immaculate old woman told me, “We sneaked out in the middle of the night. Just took the children and fled. Left everything and everyone I knowed.” Earlier Joanne, an activist … Continue reading →

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“Dead Negroes in Swamp”

Posted on June 8, 2020 by franleeperbuss

[June 7, 2020: This will add history to the events of the past two weeks.] White Mob Closes In Mary Robinson and I were writing a book about her life. The daughter of African American share croppers in Alabama, she … Continue reading →

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The Dilemma

Posted on May 24, 2020 by franleeperbuss

Terrible Dilemma In May 1942, a young Japanese America woman, Mary Tsukamoto, was faced with a terrible moral dilemma. Should she help her desperate people in the short run when that meant cooperating with the government when the government was … Continue reading →

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