John Cunningham Oral History Interview

African American, Alton, Edwardsville, NAACP, Vietnam War

“John Cunningham Oral History Interview,” Madison Historical, accessed March 29, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/905.

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In this oral history interview, John Cunningham describes his experiences as the president of the Edwardsville branch of the NAACP. He begins by discussing his youth in Missouri, Alabama, and East St. Louis, and going to college at Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a young African American. He describes his career as a teacher in East St. Louis and as various administrative positions in Alton schools.

Madison County Oral Histories

• Alton
• Edwardsville
• Vietnam War
• African American
• NAACP

January 24, 2018

• Edwardsville
• Alton

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

• 1:16:41

Hansen, Stephen

Cunningham, John

183 kbit/s

• 1950s to 2010s
• Alton, Illinois
• Edwardsville, Illinois

• Cunningham-John-O-001