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Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

Mobile Tricentennial Video Oral History Project Interview Clips

Title

Mobile Tricentennial Video Oral History Project Interview Clips

Description

Oral history interviews of elders in Mobile's African American community. These items are clippings, and the full interviews are available for viewing at the Local History & Genealogy division of the Mobile Public Library. A full listing of available interviews may be viewed here.

Creator

National African American Archives & Museum,
Museum of Mobile

Publisher

Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy

Date

1999-2002

Contributor

Kern Jackson

Language

English

Type

Oral history interviews

Identifier

Mobile-VOHP-Clips

Collection Items

Rosemary Braziel Butler Interview Clip
Rosemary Butler talks about race relations in Mobile, including segregated theaters and her husband's fight for the position of State Housing Commissioner .

Lorna Gail Woods Interview Clip
Lorna Woods talks about the sense of community and family she experienced growing up in Lewis' Quarters.

Full List of VOHP Interviews
List of full VOHP interviews available for viewing at Local History & Genealogy library

James Arthur Reed Interview Clip
James Arthur Reed talks about Gomez Auditorium, the bands that used to play there, and his first job at Albright and Wood's Drug Store.

Willie Pearl Lewis Interview Clips
Willie Pearl Lewis talks about being a teacher, moving from Mobile County Training School to Vigor High School, and being one of the first black teachers at a formerly all white school.

Lancie Thomas & Claretta Blackmon Interview Clip
Lancie Thomas and Claretta Blackmon talk about The Mobile Beacon, what it has done for the community, politics, Gov. Wallace, and the Klan.

Casmarah Mani Interview Clips
Casmarah Mani talks about changes in his community, the effects of desegregation, and race relations.

Mabel Dennison Interview Clip
Mabel Dennison talks about her book, including her grandparents, the Clotilde, and Africatown

Olney Lucious Interview Clip
Olney Lucious talks about his experiences as a musician in Mobile

Martha West Davis Interview Clips
Martha West Davis talks about her grandfather, Cudjo Lewis, the Clotilde, Cudjo's funeral, Mon Louis Island, the Plateau Community, etc.
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