Northern California and its challenges to a Negro in the mid - 1900's : oral history transcript / A. Wayne Amerson
Creator
Amerson, A. Wayne, 1905-, Interviewee
Contributor
Amerson, A. Wayne, 1905-, Interviewee Henderson, Joyce, Interviewer
Date Created and/or Issued
1972-1974 1972 1974
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The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley, Calif : Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
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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 Part of the Berkeley Oral Histories of African Americans in the Bancroft 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
Democratic Party (Calif.)--California Democratic Council African Americans--California--History Discrimination in employment--United States Discrimination in housing--United States Indians of North America--California, Boats Rumford, William Byron, 1908-
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