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Voices of Rondo : oral histories of Saint Paul's historic Black community
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"Stories told through the eyes of Saint Paul's historic Rondo community illuminate the northern urban Black experience during the first half of the twentieth century. We glimpse the challenges of r...
"Stories told through the eyes of Saint Paul's historic Rondo community illuminate the northern urban Black experience during the first half of the twentieth century. We glimpse the challenges of racism and poverty and share the victories of a community that educated its children to be strong, find personal pride, and become the next generation of leaders in Minnesota and beyond"--
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- Creator
- as told to Kate Cavett ; foreword by David Vassar Taylor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First University of Minnesota Press edition
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2017
- Physical Details
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- xv, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1452956170, 1452956162, 9781452956176, 9781452956169, 9781517903435, 1517903432
- OCLC
- ocn982091845, on1002064985
- "First published in 2005 by Syren Book Company, Minneapolis."--title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Mary Chambers Bradley Hamilton -- Richard Morris Mann -- Willie Lee Frelix -- Benjamin Louis Alexander Senior -- Gladys Clemons Miller -- Anisah Hanifah Dawan -- H. Janabelle Murphy Taylor -- Bernice Greenfield Wilson -- James Stafford Griffin -- Melvin Whitfield Carter Senior -- Ventress Laroe Jackson Roberson -- Gloria Ellen Gilbreath Wilson -- Buelah Mae Vivian Baines Swan -- Gloria Jeanne Lindstrom Lewis -- Don Gough Wilson -- Constance Jones Price -- Barbara "Petey" Vassar Gray -- Kathryn Coram Gagnon -- Gloria Yvonne Presley Massey -- Floyd George Smaller Junior -- Marvin Roger Anderson -- Ora Lee O'Neal Patterson -- Mary Kalleen Murray Boyd -- Nathaniel Abdul Khaliq -- Alumni of the Three Fours Girls Club: Mary K. Murray Boyd, Carol Jean Dawson, Linda Ruby Griffin Garrett, Vanne Hazel Owens Hayes, Paula Patricia Thomason Mitchell -- Melvin Thomas Henderson -- Deborah Gilbreath Montgomery -- David Vassar Taylor -- Teresina "Willow" Carter Frelix -- William "Billy" L. Collins Junior -- Wilbert John Dugas Junior -- William Kelso "Corky" Finney -- Yusef Mgeni -- Final word / David Vassar Taylor -- The history of the Rondo Oral History Project
Subjects
- African Americans -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Interviews.
- African Americans -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
- Rondo (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Biography.
- Rondo (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
- African American neighborhoods -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- 20th century.
- Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Biography.
- Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
- Oral history.
- Interviews -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.