Ida Marie Campbell interview (part 2 of 2)

@ DC Public Library

Description

Part 2 of an oral history interview with Ida Maria Campbell, a mixed race (African-American and Cuban) woman born in Cuba in 1951 who grew up in the Trinidad and Washington Highlands neighborhoods and participated in the U Street Corridor music scene as a singer and a patron. She recounts \running the numbers\ illegally for the family, and one day they won $1500 and bought house. She made music a career, becoming a radio presenter of the WPFW show Don't Forget the Blues.Ida Maria Campbell is a blues, jazz and RandB singer and presenter of the radio program Don't Forget the Blues. At the time of the interview, she worked with the DC Legendary Musicians organization, organizing music for area venues and organizing social services for local musicians.DC Public Library, Special Collections, OHP 26 U Street Oral History Project - DC's Cultural Corridor

Type:

Sound

Contributors:

Navies, Kelly, interviewer

Rights:

Publication rights for this interview can be granted by the DC Public LibraryIn Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted;