Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Maney and Mr. Maney's mother, July 20, 1973

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Title	Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Maney and Mr. Maney's mother, July 20, 1973
Birthdate/Interviewee	Mr. Maney: 1931 Mrs. Maney: 1923 Mr. Maney's mother: 1895
Occupation/Interviewee	Unknown
Interview Date	1973-07-20
Length of Interview	40 mins.
Listen to Interview	http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/flash/?aud=isadoremaney&img=bla
Subject	Maney, Mr. & Mrs. Isadore <br>Oral history -- United States United States -- Oregon -- Portland African Americans -- Oregon -- Portland
Type	Interviews
Interview Location	United States -- Oregon -- Portland
Interviewer	Taylor, Quintard
Abstractor	Knight, Margot H.
Abstract	SIDE A 0 - 4 minutes Mr. Maney's mother talks about her family background. Her grandfather moved to Montana. 4 - 8 minutes Mr. Maney tells how his parents ended up in Portland where he was born. Black churches in Portland. Blacks lived in several parts of town. 8 - 12 minutes Black social clubs and organizations. Black businesses. Many railroad workers from the South. Other job opportunities for blacks. 12 - 19 minutes Schooling and jobs Mr. Maney has held. Well-known blacks in the community. What Portland was like for blacks through the 1920's. Law which prohibited blacks from owning property in Oregon. 19 - 25 minutes Mr. Maney's mother talks about growing up black in Montana. They maintain much contact with relatives. Other black families in Portland. 25 - 30 minutes Effect the War (WW II) had on black migration to the Portland area. Vanport, the housing section many blacks lived in while they worked at the shipyards. SIDE B 0 - 4 minutes More about the effect of WW II on black population in Portland. Blacks in high school in 1940's and 1950's. Opportunities for blacks in the 1940's and 1950's. 4 - 8 minutes Black baseball teams. Black merchants and businesses. Famous black musicians and singers. Job opportunities for blacks after the War. 8 - 11 minutes Most blacks were Democrats. Black politicians. Blacks in government jobs. 11 - 15 minutes Blacks he knows in surrounding areas. Black newspapers and magazines he reads to keep up with black activities. 15 - 16 minutes Not much contact with other ethnic groups. 16 - 19 minutes They all talk about their feelings about living in the Northwest and in Portland. 19 - 21 minutes Talks a bit about his grandfather's experience with the Ku Klux Klan.
Abstract Date	1979-06-12
Identifier	greenwoodluster.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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