- Creator
- Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
- Call number
- Sc MG 294
- Physical description
- 2.0 linear feet (12 volumes)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], California Afro-American Oral History Project transcripts, Sc MG 294, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
These oral history interviews form part of the Negro Political History series of the Earl Warren Era Project completed by the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. The interviews were conducted with African Americans who helped shape the history of California in the 20th century. Subjects covered include the importance of the interviewee to California history, both governmental and social. The interviews provide information about the subjects' personal lives; struggles with discrimination; achievements in public service, business, or the professional world; and unique contributions. This collection consists of oral history interviews with Frances Mary Albrier, A. Wayne Amerson, Julian Bagley, Odessa Cox, E. A. Daly, C. L. Dellums, Walter Gordon, Ira deVoyd Hall, Jr., Tarea Hall Pittman, Wilson Riles, and William Byron Rumford. Topics covered include labor, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, education, civil rights, the Virgin Islands, journalists, legislators, and housing.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986.
Revision History
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2021 October 8)
Processing information
Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, January 1987.
Key terms
Names
- Albrier, Frances Mary, 1898-1987
- Amerson, A. Wayne
- Bagley, Julian, 1892-1981
- Cox, Odessa, 1922-
- Daly, E. A.
- Dellums, C. L. (Cottrell Laurence)
- Hall, Ira deVoyd
- Pittman, Tarea Hall
- Riles, Wilson C.
- Rumford, William Byron, 1908-1986
- Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Subjects
- African American businesspeople
- African American journalists
- African American legislators
- African American politicians
- African American women
- African Americans -- California
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Education
- African Americans in the professions
- Authors, Black
- Discrimination in employment
- Discrimination in housing
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor