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Title	Verron Dunning, August 24, 1972
Birthdate/Interviewee	February, 1882
Occupation/Interviewee	Postman
Interview Date	1972-08-24
Length of Interview	30 minutes
Listen to Interview	http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/flash/?aud=dunning&img=bla
Subject	Dunning, Verron<br>Oral history -- United States<br>African Americans<br>Pioneers -- Washington (State)<br>Washington (State) -- History -- Anecdotes
Type	Interviews
Interview Location	United States--Washington--Centralia
Interviewer	Quintard Taylor and ?
Abstractor	Margot H. Knight
Abstract	SIDE A 0 - 3 minutes Talks about George Washington, a local pioneer. He was raised by a black woman in Michigan. Other blacks in Centralia; Stacy Kunos . 3 - 5 minutes Talks about William Bryan and his wife who were early pioneers. Other blacks in his neighborhood . 5 - 7 minutes Talks about coming West. The railroad started in 1889. Immigrant trains. His schooling . 7 - 12 minutes George Washington's wife was white. Stories of Washington's early life. The story is that he was poisoned by whites. Washington was involved with the church but not in politics. He was the richest man in town . 12 - 15 minutes George Bush, another pioneer in the area. Washington died in 1935. More about George Washington and his children . 15 - 18 minutes Talks about Centralia-The First 50 Years. Other blacks in Centralia; there are none in Centralia now. 18 - 21 minutes How George Washington saved the town. He was very generous in selling the land he owned. He was part Jewish. Talks about some of the pictures he has . 21 - 28 minutes George Washington didn't keep much contacts back East although he did take a trip back there once. The town was started in 1890 .
Abstract Date	1979-05-31
Identifier	dunning.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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