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Discusses growing up in Houston, Texas, blacks in golf, life in Richmond, California since 1943, the Painters' Union, work in Kaiser shipyard, social life (including blues clubs and churches), move to an all white neighborhood in 1956, and opportunities for black people Part of the Berkeley/Richmond Community Oral History Collection from the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720
African Americans--California--Richmond African Americans--Housing--California--Richmond Discrimination in housing--California--San Francisco Bay Area African American athletes Golf--United States--History--20th century World War, 1939-1945--War work--California--Richmond Richmond (Calif.)--History Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)
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