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  • Freeman, Lawrence. June 12, 1974
  • Freeman, Lawrence; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Clarkston; African Americans--Montana; Pioneers--Washington (state)
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A: 0-4 Has lived in Clarkston since 1919. Family background. How his parents met and moved to Montana. His father worked with horses. 4-9 There were never many blacks in Montana. Talks about the ranch his family lived on in Montana....
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Banks, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. July 21, 1973
  • Banks, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.; African Americans--Montana--Helena; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century; African Americans--Employment--Montana
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A: 0 - 6: Mr. Banks came to Helena in 1917 from Alabama. Father a mechanic. Family background. Why he moved to Montana. Cousin in the calvary at Ft. Harrison, Montana. He planned to attend Carroll College but didn't. 6 - 8: Lived in...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Tanner, Jack. January 20, 1973
  • Tanner, Jack; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Tacoma; African Americans--Politics and government; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • TAPE 1, SIDE A; 0 - 5: Parents migrated to Washington from Indiana and Mississippi in the late 1800's. Family background. Problems his grandmother had in Indianapolis. Father a longshoreman. 5 - 8: Black churches in Tacoma. Social life was limited...
  • 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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  • Gayton, Virginia. February 5, 1974
  • Gayton, Virginia; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A: 0-5 Family background. Early life, high school in Spokane. Attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. in the early 20's. Father was a railroad worker. How his parents got married. There were no good jobs for her parents who both had...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Moss, Sandy. December 2, 1972
  • Moss, Sandy; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A: 0-4 His father was a stonemason who came to Seattle from Kansas. They were originally from North Carolina. Black churches. 4-7 Holiday celebrations shared by whites and blacks in the early 1900's. Blacks more or less lived alongside whites....
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Stewart, Mrs. Virgil [Bessie]. June 5, 1973
  • Stewart, [Bessie] Mrs. Virgil; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise
  • SIDE A; 0 - 6: Came to Boise in 1943 from Tennessee. Family background. Story of Wallace Cooky (sp?) , a white contractor who convinced her sister to move out West. 6 - 12: Her brother-in-law was foreman of a ranch in Idaho. Later she and her...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Terrell, Mr. & Mrs. Warner. June 5, 1973
  • Terrell, Mr. & Mrs. Warner; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise; African American religion
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5: She has been in Boise since 1932. He was born in Boise in 1909, Family background. Her family travelled with Brigham Young to Utah. 5 - 9: Black churches in Boise. She grew up in the Mormon religion, but later became Methodist. Black...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Warren, Charles. June 4, 1973
  • Warren, Charles; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise; African Americans--Employment
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5: Has lived in Boise since 1958. His feelings about racism and discrimination in the Northwest. A qualified black has always been able to find work. Changes in Boise. 5 - 12: Originally from Arkansas. Family background. Family moved to...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • King, Frank. April 5, 1973
  • King, Frank; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Tensed; African American farmers
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5: Came out west in 1903. They got a homestead in 1910. How they got their homestead. 5 - 8: Real rough the first couple of years. Started with oats and wheat. Custom threshing outfits. How they gradually expanded their area of...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Buckner, Mr. and Mrs. Claude. June 5, 1973
  • Buckner, Mr. and Mrs. Claude; Oral History--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Boise; Churches--Idaho; African Americans--Employment; Family
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes: She has been in Boise since 1909. Born in Pueblo, Colorado. He came to Idaho in 1923. Family backgrounds. How his family came out west from Missouri. 5 - 11 minutes: How her folks came out west from Georgia and Tennessee. Her...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Luster, Rev.and Mrs. Greenwood. July 18, 1973
  • Luster, Rev. & Mrs. Greenwood; Oral history--United States; United States--Oregon--Hermiston; African American churches; African Americans--Oregon--Hermiston; Churches--Oregon
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes: He went to work at Hanford in 1942 from Louisiana. Other work. Travelled around and settled in Hermiston in 1949. Wife did housework and worked for telephone company. 5 - 9 minutes: She came to the Northwest from Arkansas in...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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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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  • Duncan, Dr. Walter. April 3, 1974
  • Duncan, Dr. Walter; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Montana--Butte; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes: Family background. How his parents came to Butte. His father was a podiatrist. 5 - 7 minutes: Two black churches in Butte until 1928 when many blacks moved away from Butte. 7 - 10 minutes: Black Mason organization. Other black...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Cogwell, Mrs. Margaret. September 29, 1972
  • Cogwell, Margaret; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Olympia; African Americans--Washington (state)--Seattle; African American churches--History; Washington (state)--History--Anecdotes
  • SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes; She came from Newton, Kansas in 1910. Family background. How she came to Seattle. She ran a little restaurant on Seneca for a couple of years. 5 - 7 minutes: Moved south of Olympia to Rochester in 1919. They raised...
  • 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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  • Thompson, Bertie Neoma. June 8, 1973
  • Thompson, Bertie Neoma; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Idaho--Pocatello; African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • SIDE A; 0 - 4: Came to Pocatello in 1919. Originally from Missouri. Travelled around with her husband, a rodeo rider. Courtship and marriage. 4 - 5: More about her husbad's love to ride horses. Killed in Bozeman in 1939 while riding. 5 - 10: Black...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Maney, Mr. and Mrs. Isadore and Mr. Maney's mother. July 20, 1973
  • Maney, Mr. & Mrs. Isadore; Oral history--United States; United States--Oregon--Portland; African Americans--Oregon--Portland
  • SIDE A 0 - 4 minutes: Mr. Maney's mother talks about her family background. Her grandfather moved to Montana. 4 - 8 minutes: Mr. Maney tells how his parents ended up in Portland where he was born. Black churches in Portland. Blacks lived in several...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Monroe, Ethel. April 5, 1974
  • Monroe, Ethel; Oral history--United States; United States--Montana--Missoula; African Americans--Employment--Montana--Missoula; African Americans--Montana--Missoula
  • SIDE A 0 - 4 minutes: Family background. Father from Tennessee. Parents settled in Missoula around 1919 or so. Black churches in Missoula. Not any black clubs. 4 - 7 minutes: Blacks lived all over town. Many owned their own places-- many whites...
  • Black Oral History Collection
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  • Strong, Mrs. Henry. July 22, 1972
  • Strong, Mrs. Henry; Oral history--United States; African Americans--Washington (state)--Roslyn
  • SIDE A; 0 - 3: How she came to move to Roslyn. Reverend Brown's church. Other churches. Visiting relatives back East. 3 - 6: Mr. Shepardston got black people to come to work in the mines. Many blacks moved away from Roslyn. Well-known blacks in...
  • Black Oral History Collection

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