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Thomas, Odessa (Offer), 1978 August 14

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Identifier: OH 8297.018
Abstract

The Thomas interview provides accounts of neighborhood life in East Baltimore. For example, Mrs. Thomas recounts being one of only 3 African-American families in a mostly “Bohemian” neighborhood. A note from the interviewer indicates that Mrs. Thomas though a “willing and cooperative interviewee,” did not or was not able to recall much of significance about her neighborhood.

Dates: 1978 August 14

Perkins, Willaim, 1979 July 12

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Identifier: OH 8297.084
Abstract The Perkins interview provides information on a wide variety of subjects from the differences in African-American lifestyle in a rural setting to an urban environment to the political and social conditions of African-Americans over several decades in Baltimore City. Topics range from housing, unions and discrimination to shopping, entertainment and Jewish-black relations. Specific details of his experience and attitudes of African-Americans toward WWII as well as the “Don’t buy where you...
Dates: 1979 July 12