Mr. and Mrs. Levi Harris, July 18, 1973

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Title	Mr. and Mrs. Levi Harris, July 18, 1973
Birthdate/Interviewee	unknown
Occupation/Interviewee	Mr. Harris--shipyard worker, highway worker; Mrs. Harris--housewife
Interview Date	1973-07-18
Length of Interview	30 minutes
Listen to Interview	http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/flash/?aud=harris&img=bla
Subject	Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Levi<br>Oral history--United States<br>African Americans--Oregon--Portland<br>African Americans--Social conditions--20th century<br>African Americans--Employment--Oregon<br>African Americans--Housing--Oregon--Portland<br>African American Churches
Type	Interviews
Interview Location	United States-- Oregon-- Portland
Interviewer	Taylor, Quintard
Abstractor	Knight, Margot H.
Abstract	SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes He came to Portland in 1930. She arrived in 1933. Family backgrounds . 5 - 8 minutes Black Baptist church in Portland. Other black churches. Black Population. Black families. Job opportunities for blacks . 8 - 12 minutes Black social clubs. Blacks lived in all parts of Portland . 12 - 18 minutes Vanport was a housing project built by the city,where many blacks lived. Blacks were actively recruited to work in the shipyards. Black businesses . 18 - 23 minutes NAACP and the Urban League. Black community and business leaders in Portland. When the war started many blacks moved into the community . 23 - 25 minutes They keep in contact with Eastern relatives .
Abstract Date	1979-06-06
Identifier	harris.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. In 2002, graduate students at the University of Washington's Information School described and uploaded these RealAudio files to a CONTENTdm 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
Contributors	The Information School of the University of Washington: Eydie Detera, Jon Haupt, Tess Mayer, Margie Miller, Tammara Turner

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