oohrp's video: Charlene Factory: Oklahoma Activism in Education in the Civil Rights Movement

Interview Date: 02/07/2020 Interviewer: Autumn Brown Interview Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Charlene Factory, daughter of civil rights pioneer Ada Louis Sipuel Fisher, talks about her childhood spent in large part between her parents in Oklahoma City and with her grandmother "Big Mama" in Chickasha. She speaks admirably of her grandmother who stood as a pillar of the African American community in Chickasha and helped raise money for the NAACP case concerning her mother. Factory discusses growing up in segregated schools and not being fully aware of her mother's role in desegregating the University of Oklahoma School of Law until later in life. She speaks highly of her mother's legacy and what Fisher was to her as a mother. This interview was conducted as part of the Oklahoma Activism in Education in the Civil Rights Movement Collection at the OSU Library. For more information on this interview or to view the transcript, visit https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/activism/id/20/rec/3. To learn more about the collection or the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, visit http://library.okstate.edu/history/ © Oklahoma State University This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. No permission is required from the Oklahoma State University Library for educational (or classroom) uses. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses, including any form of commercial publication, you need to obtain permission from the Oklahoma State University Library. For more information contact liboh@okstate.edu. Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to our channel!