Katie Harper Wright
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- Title
- Katie Harper Wright
- Date(s)
- 4/11/2008
- Interviewee(s)
- Katie Harper Wright
- Interviewer(s)
- Chris D'Arpa
- Summary
- Katie Harper Wright came to the University of Illinois at age 16 and enrolled in the school of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS). She experienced formal segregation at the university and was forced to live off-campus in Champaign. She also recounts her memories of Pearl Harbor and her friendship with the group of black air force pilots later known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
- Subject(s)
- black students
- debate team
- liberal arts
- tuskegee airmen
- world war ii
- Related Resources
- Archives Alumni Oral History Project Files, 2000-2001 (RS: 35/3/49)