doi:10.7916/d8-f2tc-j503Oral history interview with Jane Douglas McCallister, 2000McCallister, Jane Douglasoral historiesmixed materialCivil rights movements--History--20th century.--United StatesLabor movement--History--United StatesUnited States Race relations 20th centuryMcCallister, Jane DouglasCongress of Racial Equality. Chicago ChapterRoosevelt UniversityMount Holyoke CollegeMcCallister begins her narrative with a description of her family background, focusing on her father's work as a community doctor and his experience in the Spanish-American War. McCallister discusses her two years at Mount Holyoke College, and her decision to attend the University of Chicago. McCallister elaborates on her involvement in Chicago CORE, her friendship to Bernice Fisher, and the Woodlawn African Methodist Episcopal Church, where CORE gathered. McCallister discusses World War II; Minister Archibald Carey Jr.; Atlanta, Georgia mayor Maynard Jackson; the social atmosphere of Chicago CORE; and her experience as a woman in the civil rights movement. McCallister also describes her husband's career, the impact of anti-Communist rhetoric, and the campaigns of Henry Wallace, Eugene McCarthy, and Norman Thomas. McCallister describes the founding of Roosevelt College by Frank McCulloch and Edward J. Sparling. She discusses the mission, politics, and administration of the University. McCallister discusses the later work of McCulloch and Sparling and the Montgomery-Ward strike of 1944