A longtime Richmond resident from Cherokee County, Texas
By: Selena Foster ; an interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning in 1986.
Contributors: Dunning, Judith.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1992
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- California -- Richmond.; African American women -- Interviews.; Richmond (Calif.) -- History.
Other titles: On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California.
Description: Foster discusses Cherokee County, Texas, 1920s-1930s: rural life, Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, holiday traditions; move to Richmond, Calif., 1944; shipyard hiring discrimination; work at Leo's Defense Diner, 1944-1945; postwar housing in Richmond; Parchester Village, 1950s; discussion of decline of downtown Richmond in 1950s-1960s, Richmond in the 1980s.