Interview with Daphne D. Delk | Kennesaw State University Archives

Interview with Daphne D. Delk

2010-07-30

Daphne Darnell Delk grew up in Marietta, Georgia. She began high school at Lemon Street and transferred to Marietta High School with Treville Grady. Both Delk and Grady were the first African American students to attend Marietta High School. In 1968 Delk became the first African American student to graduate from Marietta High School. Her aunt, Lettie Williams, worked with Hattie Wilson at the Fort Hill Library in Marietta. The Lemon Street High School buildling became the Hattie G. Wilson Library.

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Kennesaw State University Oral History Project, 1973- Series 7: Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Series, 2009-2010 Sub-Series 2: Transcripts, 2009-2010 Sub-Series 2: Electronic documents, 2009-2010 Item 7: Interview with Daphne D. Delk, 2009-11-07

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