Knott, William. April 2, 1974
Knott, William. April 2, 1974
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Title
Knott , William . April 2 , 1974
Birthdate/Interviewee
March 7 , 1896
Occupation/Interviewee
Tailor
Interview Date
1974-04-02
Length of Interview
40 minutes
Subject
Knott, William Oral history--United States United States--Montana--Great Falls African Americans--Montana--Great Falls
Type
Sound
Genre
Interviews
Interview Location
United States--Montana--Great Falls
Interviewer
Taylor , Quintard
Abstractor
Knight , Margot H .
Abstract
SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes : His parents came by train from Memphis in 1892 . Family background . Early Great Falls--sporting girls and cow punchers . Father first worked as a janitor . 5 - 7 minutes : Not many Negroes in Great Falls . Black barbershops wouldn't cut blacks ' hair . Black church . The African Methodist Episcopal Church . 7 - 11 minutes : Black social clubs . There were not enough colored men in town to organize anything . No Negro section of town . Other black businesses . 11 - 14 minutes : Schooling . There was no segregation in the school but prejudice was obvious once he got out of school . Alva Jacobs , a well-known black from the area . 14 - 18 minutes : He is in close contact with other relatives . Large black families in the area . Sports activities . Entertainment . Shows that came through town . 18 - 22 minutes : Describes his work as a tailor--he had two shops . Worked 14 years for the state liquor board . Other jobs available for blacks . 22 - 27 minutes : Most blacks were Democrats . Black politicians and government workers . Blacks left the city for work elsewhere . 27 - 29 minutes Prejudice . SIDE B ; 0 - 3 minutes : Many blacks were railroad men and moved with the railroad . Blacks in surrounding towns . He always kept in touch with other blacks . 3 - 4 minutes : He didn't care for the Chicago Defender . 4 - 7 minutes : Contacts with other ethnic groups--they always got along with the Mexicans and the Indians . Black soldiers . 7 - 10 minutes : His experiences and feelings about living in Great Falls . He loves the mountains and the climate . Hunting and fishing .
Abstract Date
1979-06-08
Identifier
ct02t29knott
Collection
Is found in CT 2 , Black Oral History Interviews , 1972-1974 https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ct2.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Language
English
Digitization
Interview cassette tapes were digitized in 2002 as mp3 files , and uploaded in CONTENTdm .
Rights Notes
In copyright. As no permission forms were signed, rights for this interview remain both with the interviewees and Washington State University (as the interviewer conducted them as part of their WSU employment).
Publisher
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries : https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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