Oral history interview with Elizabeth and Courtney Siceloff, July 8, 1985

interview F-0039, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

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Oral history interview with Elizabeth and Courtney Siceloff, July 8, 1985

interview F-0039, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Electronic ed.

Elizabeth Siceloff began working with the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen (FSC) in 1945. Courtney Siceloff joined the organization after the two were married in 1949. Elizabeth served as a secretary for the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen (FSC), while Courtney served as a minister with the FSC. Coming from the Presbyterian and Methodist faiths respectively, the FSC blurred denominational lines. The Siceloffs describe the FSC as concerned with promoting the social gospel through worker education and economic justice. In 1950, they were assigned to the Penn School on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, where they remained until 1969. During this time, civil rights leaders utilized the Penn School's interracial facilities. The Siceloffs discuss the shortcomings of the Fellowship and the problems with activist work. Despite the social purpose of the Fellowship, few females and blacks were appointed to executive positions. Elizabeth also acknowledges the difficulty of FSC work, as members had to weigh economic stability against following their consciences. Furthermore, much of the local press and several southern states opposed the work of the FSC. The Siceloffs discuss the theological divide within the organization and note that gender and generational tensions within the FSC were also a source of tension until Nelle Morton began working to eliminate cliques. The Siceloffs have high regard for Morton, who helped bolster the organizational strength of the FSC through a focus on strengthening its financial standing. After Morton's tenure, Howard "Buck" Kester took over. They describe Kester as a Christian renegade who focused more on promoting work camps than on bolstering the FSC organization. The Siceloffs describe how Kester and Myles Horton established Highlander Folk School but went different ways because of ideological differences. This separation was indicative of a larger, growing divide among FSC members, who debated whether the purpose and mission of the Fellowship was to continue field work or to focus on an organizational agenda.

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Title from menu page (viewed on July 30, 2008).

Interview participants: Elizabeth Siceloff, interviewee; Courtney Siceloff, interviewee; Dallas Blanchard, interviewer.

Duration: 01:21:17.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 122.9 kilobytes, 148 megabytes.

Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series F, Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, 1983-1985, interview F-0039, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 45 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Interview F-0039, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), Interview with Elizabeth and Courtney Siceloff, July 8, 1985, Oral histories of the American South.

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