Lewis Bagwell was born in Morgan City, Alabama, in 1912. He attended Arab High School and Florida State
University before graduating from the University of Alabama with a B.A. He later received an M.A. in
Education from the University of Alabama. He was principal of Trinity High School (currently West Morgan
County High School). He moved to Birmingham in 1953 and served as principal at Adamsville, Greenwood, and
Crumly Chapel High Schools.
In his narrative, Lewis Bagwell discusses civil rights and the education system before and during integration
of the Jefferson County school system.
Recorded in Birmingham on January 26, 1980, as part of the University of Alabama in Birmingham Oral History
Research Project.
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