Dosset Foster, 2014

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/31f78bfcbcaa2e3aec6e6c766651811b

Title

Dosset Foster, 2014

Date

6/18/14

Description

Dossett Foster, born in 1941, is a member of the Highland Heights neighborhood. He grew up in Fayetteville, Tennessee and then moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He is a retired educator and coach. For high school, he went to Treadwell where heran track and played football. While in high school, he recalls that the community was ÔøΩvery close knitÔøΩ. After high school he attended Rhodes College. During the civil rights movement he says that the sanitation strike was probably among some of themoststressful moments. Dossett Foster cares immensely about the Highland Heights community.

Subject

Interviews
Oral history
Memphis (Tenn.)
Civil rights
Highland Heights (Memphis, Tenn.)
Neighborhood Histories
Crossroads to Freedom

Source

Digital Library of Tennessee

Relation

http://dlynx.rhodes.edu:8080/jspui/bitstream/10267/33375/3/Capture.JPG.jpg

References

http://hdl.handle.net/10267/33375

Date

6/18/14

Source

Digital Library of Tennessee

Subject

Interviews
Oral history
Memphis (Tenn.)
Civil rights
Highland Heights (Memphis, Tenn.)
Neighborhood Histories
Crossroads to Freedom

Citation

“Dosset Foster, 2014,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 17, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/14414.

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