Wright, Raymond
Description
Clem Imhoff interviews Raymond Wright on April 2, 1976 in Beloit, Wisconsin. The first of two interviews with Imhoff, Wright discusses his family background in Mississippi, his early experiences in Beloit, recollections of Turtle Creek and his school experiences. This oral history is part of a series of tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1976 by Clem Imhoff for the Beloit Bicentennial Commission with black and white residents of Beloit, Wisconsin, concerning migration of blacks to the city from Kentucky and Mississippi after World War I and their lives before and after the move. Included in the interviews are references to employment and labor problems at Fairbanks-Morse, education, churches, the Women's Community Club, Beloit College, and the local chapter of the NAACP.
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Recollection WisconsinKeywords
- African Americans
- Beloit
- Beloit (Wis.)
- Mississippi
- Oral Histories (Document Genre)
- Race Relations
- Students
- Wisconsin