Interviewer
Morgan Bailey Curtin
Files
Description
Pferron Doss talks about his time at the University of Montana (UM) in the late 1960s and early 1970s, participating in civil rights movements with his fellow students. Doss remembers the protests he helped to organize, some related to R.O.T.C. on the UM campus, especially around the time of the Kent State Massacre. He recalls the everyday racism that pervaded Missoula and campus communities in the 1970s. Doss reflects on his brother’s [Ulysses Doss] work starting the Black Studies program, and how it grew in significance and size. He also talks about his time as a lecturer in the Black Studies Program right after he graduated and the classes he designed around African-American history in Montana.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Black Student Union; Black Studies Program, University of Montana; Race relations; Student protests; Counter-culture movement; Ulysses Doss, Montana
Original Date
12-7-2016
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
University of Montana History Oral History Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 452-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound file (00:47:03 min.) digital + 1 transcript (11 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:47:03 minutes
Local Filename
OH_452_001.mp3; OH_452_001.pdf
Citation
Doss, Pferron, "Pferron Doss Interview, December 7, 2016" (2016). University of Montana History Oral History Collection. 15.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/umhistory_interviews/15