Determined advocate for racial equality
Subtitle: and related material
By: Mary Frances Albrier ; tape recorded interview conducted by Malca Chall in 1977-1978. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California and for the Black Women Oral History Project, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, 1979 :
Contributors: Acty, Ruth, 1913-1998.; Morrison, Velma Ford.; Chall, Malca.; Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Black Women Oral History Project.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Online Archive of California.
Published: 1977
Subjects: Democratic Party (Calif.); African American women -- California.; Slavery -- United States.; Politic activists -- California -- Alameda County.; Discrimination in employment -- California.; African Americans -- California.; Labor unions -- United States.; Civil rights -- California.; Schools -- California -- Berkeley.; African American women political activists -- Interviews.; Berkeley (Calif.) -- Politics and government.; California -- Politics and government.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Women in politics oral history series.
Description: Comments on growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, with her grandmother, a former slave; education at Tuskegee Institute and Howard University; move to Berkeley, Calif. in 1920; the local black community and patterns of discrimination; labor organizing activities and political action on behalf of employment opportunities for blacks; participation in civil rights programs; election to Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, 1938; black leaders; Berkeley schools and politics; women's clubs and other civic organizations; community projects in Berkeley; etc.

With this: scrapbook, with mounted clippings, letters, photographs, awards, etc., and as v. 3, a box, with letters, clippings and miscellaneous papers providing additional documentation on Mrs. Albrier's career.
Table of contents: value: Reel 1: Dec. 7, 1977. Track 1: 1027 ft., track 2: 1041 ft.; value: Reel 2: Dec. 14, 1977. Track 1: 1020 ft., track 2: 1036 ft.; value: Reel 3: Jan. 12, 1978. Track 1: 1033 ft., track 2: 1040 ft.; value: Reel 4: Jan. 19, 1978. Track 1: 1032 ft., track 2: 917 ft.; value: Reel 5: Feb. 7, 1978. Track 1: 988 ft., track 2: 608 ft.; value: Reel 6: Mar. 1, 1978. Track 1: 953 ft., track 2: 985 ft.; value: Reel 7: Mar. 2, 1978. Track 1: 970 ft., track 2: 971 ft.; value: Reel 8: Mar. 2, 1978. Track 1: 983 ft., track 2: 716 ft. Static problems on portions of some reels.; value: Phonotapes :