Northern California and its challenges to a Negro in the mid - 1900's
By: 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,
Contributors: Henderson, Joyce.; Ziesenhenne, Henry G.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Earl Warren Oral History Project (Bancroft Library); Online Archive of California.
Published: 1972
Subjects: Rumford, William Byron, 1908-; 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
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Reel 1: Sep. 13, 1972, track 1: 1088 ft., track 2: 629 ft.; title: Reel 2: Sep. 15, 1972, track 1: 1086 ft., track 2: 1086 ft.; title: Reel 3: Sep. 15, 19972, track 1: 606 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 4: Sep. 19, 1972, track 1: 1047 ft., track 2: 1049 ft. Interview notes also available.; title: Phonotapes :