Ed Hightower Oral History Interview

1960s, Alton, Civil Rights Movement, education, Edwardsville, school, school district

“Ed Hightower Oral History Interview,” Madison Historical, accessed May 31, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/821.

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In this oral history interview, Ed Hightower describes growing up as an African American in the South. He details the adversity he faced throughout his career in education, often being the only African American administrator within the district. He highlights his achievements at the Edwardsville superintendent and discusses his involvement with the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities.

Madison County Oral Histories

• African American
• Alton
• education
• Edwardsville
• SIUE
• sports
• Civil Rights Movement

September 28, 2017

• Edwardsville
• Alton

English

• Oral History

• pdf
• mp3

• 1:12:41

Hansen, Steve

Hightower, Ed

Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities, Edwardsville, Illinois

320 kbit/s

• Edwardsville, Illinois
• Alton, Illinois
• 1960s-2010s

• Hightower-Ed-O-001