Coal mines and mining]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Radford Army Ammunition Plant (U.S.)]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]>
Cora Elizabeth Oveter McDaniel Pack was born and raised in Christiansburg, Virginia, and she married Waymon Pack in 1943. Cora Pack joins her husband in describing desegregation and educational opportunities for Black Appalachians. In this interview, Cora Pack discusses racial issues that her son faced in the Montgomery County school system after the Brown v. Board of Education decision.]]>
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Coal mines and mining]]> Railroad]]> World War II]]>
Elizabeth (Betty) R. Lester was born in New Jersey before marrying Thompson Lester and moving to Christiansburg, Virginia. In this interview, Elizabeth Lester joins her husband in talking about the Christiansburg community. She specifically describes health care access to Black community members, unequal access to public goods and services, church life in the community, and social life in the community, such as the Household of Ruth organization.]]>
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Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Railroad]]> Coal mines and mining]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> African American history]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Coal mines and mining]]> Ku Klux Klan (1915- )]]> Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Montgomery County (Va.)]]> Permission to publish material from the Black Appalachians Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Blacksburg (Va.)]]> Education, Secondary]]> African American history]]> Kentland Farm]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Education, Secondary]]> World War II]]> African American history]]> Blacksburg (Va.)]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Education, Secondary]]> Radford College]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Education, Secondary]]> African American history]]> Montgomery County (Va.)]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Education, Secondary]]> Pulaski County (Va.)]]> African American history]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Education, Secondary]]> African American history]]> Montgomery County (Va.)]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Education, Secondary]]> African American history]]> Blacksburg (Va.)]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg Industrial Institute.]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Education, Secondary]]> Montgomery County (Va.)]]> Roanoke (Va.)]]> 2012-11-09]]> Permission to publish material from the Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech]]> Oral histories]]> Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Women]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> Johnson, Patricia Givens]]> See the Finding Aid for the Patricia Givens Johnson Papers]]> 1988]]> Permission to publish material from the Patricia Givens Johnson Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Correspondence]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]> Christiansburg, Va.]]> Women]]> Virginia--History]]> Local/Regional History and Appalachian South]]> Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records]]> See the Finding Aid for the Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records]]> 1965]]> Permission to publish material from the Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.]]> Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech]]>