Voices of Freedom - Reid
Visit VCU Libraries' Voices of Freedom where you can access video oral histories of twelve leaders of the Civil Rights movement in Virginia. Transcripts of the complete interviews are also available from this site. Throughout Black History Month, we will spotlight different individuals who participated in the Voices of Freedom project. Today, watch (or read) the oral history of Dr. W. Ferguson Reid, a former surgeon and the first African American elected to the Virginia General Assembly since Reconstruction. Dr. Reid discusses racial segregation in Virginia, racism in the medical community in Richmond, and the Byrd Machine.
--Ray Bonis, Special Collections and Archives.