Bridges Digital Archive: Audio and Video Recordings

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Document Type

Oral History

Publication Date

7-19-2016

Abstract

Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry describes the challenges of her early life in the small farming town of Tamo, Arkansas, where her family owned and operated a cotton gin and general store (the only Black owned cotton gin and store in the area). Dr. Henry reflects on how she and her family faced racism in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, including vigilantes burning down the family general store and school segregation. She talks about her experiences in the education field, from struggles to earn her college degree, to establishing her academic career as a Counselor for the School of Education at California State University, San Bernardino. Throughout her career, Dr. Henry has been an educator and advocate for academic achievement for the Black community. She was the first tenured African American professor at California State University, San Bernardino and established the Provisional Accelerated Learning or PAL Center.

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Interview conducted by Leah Michelle Cash.

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