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Title	Ray Henry, December 8, 1972
Birthdate/Interviewee	unknown
Occupation/Interviewee	construction worker, railroad worker, hotel owner
Interview Date	1972-12-08
Length of Interview	32 minutes
Listen to Interview	http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/flash/?aud=henry&img=bla
Subject	Henry, Ray <br>Oral history -- United States<br>African Americans -- Washington (State) -- Pasco<br>African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Type	Interviews
Interview Location	United States-- Washington-- Pasco
Interviewer	Taylor, Quintard
Abstractor	Knight, Margot H.
Abstract	SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes He came to Pasco in 1943 from Kansas. Growth of Pasco. Other black families in town when he arrived. Black churches. 5 - 8 minutes The East SIDE of town was set aside for Negroes. Most bought their own land. Trailer camps. Black businesses. Many blacks left for jobs elsewhere. 8 - 10 minutes He was fired in 1943 but eventually got another job. wages and opportunities were better here than in Kansas. 10 - 13 minutes More about the black churches. Black social clubs. Black businesses. 13 - 15 minutes Well-known blacks in the community. Clothing styles. 15 - 17 minutes Black baseball team in the 40's. Other entertainment. 17 - 19 minutes The union. There were some black officers. Black politicians. Most blacks were Democrats. 19 - 21 minutes More about his various jobs in Kansas and Arkansas. 21 - 27 minutes Black newspapers. Contact with other ethnic groups was limited. There were many racial incidents in the 40's. Very few black supervisors. 27 - 30 minutes Blacks in the school. Memories of black soldiers in the area.
Abstract Date	1979-06-06
Identifier	henry.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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