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Title	Raymond Johnson, March 3, 1974
Birthdate/Interviewee	1925
Occupation/Interviewee	Maintenance
Interview Date	1974-03-03
Length of Interview	24 minutes
Listen to Interview	http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/flash/?aud=raymondjohnson&img=bla
Subject	Johnson, Raymond Oral history -- United States African Americans -- Montana -- Missoula African Americans -- Employment -- Montana
Type	Interviews
Interview Location	United States -- Montana -- Missoula
Interviewer	Taylor, Quintard
Abstractor	Knight, Margot H.
Abstract	SIDE A 0 - 3 His parents were from Minneapolis. He was born here. How his parents met and married. Family background. 3 - 5 Black Methodist church in Missoula. Black population. Jobs blacks worked in. Almost all owned their own property. Black businesses. 5 - 9 Jimmy Dorsey, a successful black lawyer from Missoula. Maintains contacts with relatives. Other black families. Black athletes. Famous blacks that came through the area. 9 - 10 Most blacks were Democrats. Talks about his stint in the service during World War II. 10 - 13 The black population has really decreased in Missoula. Job opportunities better elsewhere. Blacks in neighboring towns. Black newspapers and magazines. 13 - 14 Blacks had a lot of contact with other minority groups, especially Indians. 14 - 17 His feelings about his life and experiences in Missoula. More about when blacks started moving out of Missoula. 17 - 21 Talks about some of the early Negro cowboys. Development of civil rights legislation.
Abstract Date	1979-06-06
Identifier	raymondjohnson.rm
Collection	Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cass2.htm
Language	English
Format	Interview cassette tapes were converted to RealAudio files with a bit rate of 16Kbps and placed on a RealServer 8.0 streaming server at the Washington State University Libraries.
Rights	For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691.
Publisher	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries http://wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm

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