Name
Bellamy, Fay (Interviewee)
Grele, Ronald J (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Fay Bellamy, 1984
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Fay Bellamy: oral history, 1984
Abstract
Childhood, family, Clairton, Pennsylvania; education: grade school, high school integration experiences, Merritt Junior College, University of California, Berkeley; experiences in United States Air Force; decision to join civil rights movement; impact of Harlem riots; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee[SNCC]: projects in Atlanta, Selma, relations with Southern Christian Leadership Conference , Montgomery, male-female relationships, involvement of whites; SNCC: work in setting up southern Student Organizing Committee, dealings with the Left, work with Conference of Federated Organizations, work on executive committee, impact on life and personality; founder of "Afro-American" magazine; reflections on Vietnam War, Black Power movement; marriage; return to South: founder of Radio Free Georgia, co-founder of Fund for Souther Communities; experiences with international student activists; reflections on feminism
Collection Name
Student movements of the 1960s project
Subjects
African American women journalists; African American student movements; Civil rights--United States; Feminism; Student movements; Bellamy, Fay; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); Southern Student Organizing Committee (Nashville, Tenn.); Radio Free Georgia Broadcasting Foundation
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1984
Physical Description
99 pages
Note (Biographical)
Journalist
Note
Interviewed by Ronald J. Grele on November 10, 1984
Note (Provenance)
Fay Bellamy, Gift, 1984
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
11343404
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ev1h-wg80
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.