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Northern California and its challenges to a Negro in the mid-1900's : oral history transcript / 1972-1974.
Phonotape 539 A; BANC MSS 75/105 c Box 1; BANC MSS 75/105 c oversize folder
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Title:

Northern California and its challenges to a Negro in the mid-1900's : oral history transcript / 1972-1974

Creator/Contributor:

Amerson, A. Wayne, 1905-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Henderson, Joyce, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Ziesenhenne, Henry G.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Creator/Contributor:

Earl Warren Oral History Project (Bancroft Library)

Abstract:

Member of early Negro family settling in the state before WWI; childhood in Vallejo; work with State Relief Administration and California State Employment Service; interracial work, discrimination in employment; William B Rumford; fair employment practices legislation; fair housing campaigns; California Democratic Council.

Date:

1972 (issued)

Contents:

Phonotapes : Reel 1: Sep. 13, 1972, track 1: 1088 ft., track 2: 629 ft. -- Reel 2: Sep. 15, 1972, track 1: 1086 ft., track 2: 1086 ft. -- Reel 3: Sep. 15, 1972, track 1: 606 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 4: Sep. 19, 1972, track 1: 1047 ft., track 2: 1049 ft. Interview notes also available.

Subject:

Rumford, William Byron -- 1908-1986
Democratic Party (Calif.). -- California Democratic Council.
African Americans -- California
Discrimination in employment -- United States
Discrimination in housing -- United States
Vallejo (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
California -- Politics and government

Note:

A. Wayne Amerson; tape recorded interview conducted by Joyce Henderson in 1972. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1974 : and related material,
Supplementary material includes photographs and copies of documentary material.
Introduction by Henry G. Zeisenhenne.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
[24], 103 leaves ; 28 cm.
1 box and 1 oversize folder (.2 linear ft.)
4 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 5 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1t37
Phonotape 539 A
BANC MSS 75/105 c Box 1
BANC MSS 75/105 c oversize folder

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1t37