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  • Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Levi. July 18, 1973
  • Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Levi; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon--Portland; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--Employment--Oregon; African Americans--Housing--Oregon--Portland; African American...
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes: He came to Portland in 1930. She arrived in 1933. Family backgrounds. 5 - 8 minutes: Black Baptist church in Portland. Other black churches. Black Population. Black families. Job opportunities for blacks. 8 - 12 minutes:...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • DeWittig, Mrs. Thelma. January 18, 1973
  • DeWittig, Thelma; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Education; African American teachers
  • SIDE A; 0 - 4: She came to Seattle from Texas in 1947 to do graduate work at University of Washington. She was an only child. Schooling in Texas. Family background. Talks about her teaching in Texas. 4 - 7: The black church in Seattle. Communists...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Coleman, Reverend and Mrs. Sam. December 8, 1972
  • Coleman, Reverend and Mrs. Sam; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Pasco; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Colorado--Denver; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century;...
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A; 0 - 10: Her family background, From Mississippi and came to Washington in 1916. Her father worked for the railroad. Other blacks in Pasco. Most lived in railroad cars on the east side of town. Then they went to California and...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Clow, Mrs. James. July 20, 1973
  • Clow, Mrs. James; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Oregon--Portland; African American churches
  • 0-3 She came to Portland in 1936 when she was married, from Richmond, Virginia. Talks about her husband's family from Texas. Courtship and marriage. 3-5 Mount Olivet Baptist Church, the largest black church in Portland. 5-7 Blacks were scattered...
  • Black Oral History Collection

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