Henry, Ray. December 8, 1972
Henry, Ray. December 8, 1972
Rating
Title
Henry , Ray . December 8 , 1972
Birthdate/Interviewee
unknown
Occupation/Interviewee
construction worker , railroad worker , hotel owner
Interview Date
1972-12-08
Length of Interview
32 minutes
Subject
Henry, Ray Oral history--United States African Americans--Washington (state)--Pasco African Americans--Social conditions--20th century
Type
Sound
Genre
Interviews
Interview Location
United States-- Washington (state)-- Pasco
Interviewer
Taylor , Quintard
Abstractor
Knight , Margot H .
Abstract
SIDE A; 0 - 5 minutes : He came to Pasco in 1943 from Kansas . Growth of Pasco . Other black families in town when he arrived . Black churches . 5 - 8 minutes : The East SIDE of town was set aside for Negroes . Most bought their own land . Trailer camps . Black businesses . Many blacks left for jobs elsewhere . 8 - 10 minutes : He was fired in 1943 but eventually got another job . wages and opportunities were better here than in Kansas . 10 - 13 minutes : More about the black churches . Black social clubs . Black businesses . 13 - 15 minutes : Well-known blacks in the community . Clothing styles . 15 - 17 minutes : Black baseball team in the 40's . Other entertainment . 17 - 19 minutes : The union . There were some black officers . Black politicians . Most blacks were Democrats . 19 - 21 minutes : More about his various jobs in Kansas and Arkansas . 21 - 27 minutes : Black newspapers . Contact with other ethnic groups was limited . There were many racial incidents in the 40's . Very few black supervisors . 27 - 30 minutes : Blacks in the school . Memories of black soldiers in the area .
Abstract Date
1979-06-06
Identifier
ct02t21henry
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 . In 2002 , graduate students at the University of Washington's Information School described and uploaded these RealAudio files to a CONTENTdm server at the Washington State University Libraries .
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
Contributors
The Information School of the University of Washington : Eydie Detera , Jon Haupt , Tess Mayer , Margie Miller , Tammara Turner
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