Katie Harper Wright · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Katie Harper Wright
Date(s): 4/11/2008
Interviewee(s): Katie Harper Wright See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Chris D'Arpa See all items with this value
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 See all items with this value; debate team See all items with this value; liberal arts See all items with this value; tuskegee airmen See all items with this value; world war ii See all items with this value
Related Resources: https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=3100