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The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America's Black Women Oral History Project documented the contributions of Black women, 70 years or older, to American life. Interviews documented the lives, professional careers, and voluntary activities of women nationwide and focused on their contributions in a wide variety of fields including medicine, law, business, the arts, social work, education, politics, and civil rights. This collections consists of 68 transcripts from the Schlesinger Library's Black Women Oral History Project. Interviews include Christia Adair, Frances Albrier, Sadie Alexander, Elizabeth Cardozo Barker, Etta Moten Barnett, May Edward Chinn, Alfreda Duster, Mae Eberhardt, Lena Edwards, Zelma George, Frances Grant, Ardie Halyard, Pleasant Harrison, Dorothy Height, Margaret Cardozo Holmes, Lois Mailou Jones, Virginia Jones, Maida Kemp, Catherine Cardozo Lewis, Audley Moore, Muriel Snowden, Rosa Parks, Olivia Stokes, Ann Tanneyhill, Constance Thomas, Era Bell Thompson, Charleszett Waddles, Dorothy West, and Deborah Wofe. less

Ellen Dammond (1916-2007), a social worker and personnel supervisor, was descended from both the Fossetts of Monticello and the famous fugitive slaves William and Ellen Craft. Her uncle was the equal rights activist William Monroe Trotter. She felt strongly about preserving and passing on the history of the struggles for freedom and equality, and both she and her daughter, Peggy Preacely, were active participants in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Dammond also worked with Polly Cowan and Dorothy Height in the Wednesdays in Mississippi project. This collection includes "The Reminiscences of Ellen Craft Dammond", a transcript of an interview with Jean Blackwell Hutson as part of an oral history class at Columbia University in 1981. less

Mamie Burkes was most likely raised by parents who were formerly enslaved; however, information on her background is scant. Regardless, she was impacted by slavery; a letter to her interviewer mentions Burkes's mother working for $1.25 a week and frequently being away from home in order to earn money. This collection contains a transcript of an interview with Mamie Burkes by Lairold M. Street; the interview was recorded in 1983, and transcribed in 1997. less