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Interview with Abraham Clark by Samuel Knox, Jr., on December 9, 2015, at Deliverance Temple in Springfield, Missouri. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project." Topics discussed include Route 66African AmericansNative Americans (Cherokee)police discriminationhousing discriminationjob discriminationthe Vietnam Warthe Marine CorpsDisabled American VeteransCamp Lejeune, North CarolinaBuford, South CarolinaJoplin, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSpringfield, MissouriSpringfield Apartment and Housing Associationthe Walter Majors Classic Car Clubthe St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco) and a strikethe Solomon Woods murderand Springfield locations, such as Pipkin Junior High, Eastwood School, Central High School, Sunset Drive-In, Don Low's restaurant, Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Paul Mueller Company, Graham's Barbecue, Springfield Drive-In, Fox Theater, Gillioz Theater, and Landers Theater.
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- African Americans
- Buford (S.C.)
- Camp Lejeune (N.C.)
- Cemeteries
- Disabled American Veterans
- Discrimination
- Fire Fighters
- Indians Of North America
- Joplin (Mo.)
- Marines
- Police
- Restaurants
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
- Springfield (Mo.)
- St. Louis San Francisco Railway Company
- Theaters
- United States
- United States Highway 66
- Vietnam War, 1961 1975