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Title	Carver Gayton, August 7, 1973
Birthdate/Interviewee	18-Oct-38
Occupation/Interviewee	Educator and Community Activitst
Interview Date	1973-08-07
Length of Interview	29 minutes
Listen to Interview	http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/flash/?aud=gayton&img=bla
Subject	Gayton, Carver<br>Oral history -- United States<br>African Americans -- Washington (State) -- Seattle<br>African Americans -- Employment -- Washington (State)<br>African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Type	Interviews
Interview Location	United States-- Washington-- Seattle
Interviewer	unknown
Abstractor	Knight, Margot H.
Abstract	SIDE A 0 - 3 minutes Family background. Father born in Seattle, mother from Nashville. Talks about growing up in Seattle. Parents worked for the post office. Other jobs . 3 - 7 minutes Black churches. YMCA and YWCA. Other social activities. Famous black performers . 7 - 10 minutes The Hendrix family. Other social clubs. Grandfather's activity in Republican Party. Many blacks lined up with leftist concerns . 10 - 12 minutes Father worked at the Black Diamond Coal Mine in what is now Hazelwood. Grandfather moved there in the 20's . 12 - 14 minutes Black businesses in Seattle . 14 - 17 minutes Talks about his children. Not many contacts with relatives back East. Other black families in the area. Changes in black fashions . 17 - 25 minutes Sports activities. Carver AC's an all-black baseball team. Other social activities. Black music . 27 - 29 minutes Talks about his job.
Abstract Date	1979-06-05
Identifier	gayton.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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