Oral history interview with Fay Bellamy, 1984
- 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.