Donna McWhirter

Interviewer: Kaila Seger
Interviewee: Donna McWhirter
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Place of Birth: Colorado Springs, CO
Birth Date: November 10, 1938
Gender: ♀ Female
Education: BA
MRE
MDIV; College; High School
Title + Work/ Occupational Experience: Minister (Retired)
Colorado Springs, CO; Preschool Teacher
Researcher; Worked at Woolworth's food counter when young.
14 years preschool teacher.
Researcher and Photographer for clients at Disciples of Christ Historical Society (Nashville, TN).
Docent, Belmont Mansion (Nashville, TN) & Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum (Colorado Springs, CO)
Connection with Black Lives Matter: Only through the news.
Connection with Interviewer: Grandmother
What else?: Always lived in neighborhoods of mixed races, went to integrated schools (although college was integrated for the first time a year before I entered in 1956).
Duration of Interview: 1 hour, 3 minutes, 14 seconds
Interview Records:: Abstract, Field Notes & Transcription

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Donna McWhirter