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Educator Gladys Jordan discusses her family's struggles with Jim Crow laws and the Great Depression in Oklahoma, migrating from Oklahoma and working at the Naval Supply Depot in Oakland during World War II, her participation in the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and her experiences as a teacher in Berkeley and Oakland.
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