Johnson, Raymond. March 3, 1974
Johnson, Raymond. March 3, 1974
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Title
Johnson , Raymond . March 3 , 1974
Birthdate/Interviewee
1925
Occupation/Interviewee
Maintenance
Interview Date
1974-03-03
Length of Interview
24 minutes
Subject
Johnson, Raymond Oral history--United States African Americans--Montana--Missoula African Americans--Employment--Montana
Type
Sound
Genre
Interviews
Interview Location
United States--Montana--Missoula
Interviewer
Taylor , Quintard
Abstractor
Knight , Margot H .
Abstract
SIDE A; 0 - 3 : His parents were from Minneapolis . He was born here. How his parents met and married . Family background . 3 - 5 : Black Methodist church in Missoula . Black population . Jobs blacks worked in. Almost all owned their own property . Black businesses . 5 - 9 : Jimmy Dorsey , a successful black lawyer from Missoula . Maintains contacts with relatives . Other black families . Black athletes . Famous blacks that came through the area . 9 - 10 : Most blacks were Democrats . Talks about his stint in the service during World War II . 10 - 13 : The black population has really decreased in Missoula . Job opportunities better elsewhere . Blacks in neighboring towns . Black newspapers and magazines . 13 - 14 : Blacks had a lot of contact with other minority groups , especially Indians . 14 - 17 : His feelings about his life and experiences in Missoula . More about when blacks started moving out of Missoula . 17 - 21 : Talks about some of the early Negro cowboys . Development of civil rights legislation .
Abstract Date
1979-06-06
Identifier
ct02t24johnson
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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