Interview with Walter Hargrove, January 17, 1989, Madison, Wisconsin
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Hargrove, Walter
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Angela Whitmal interviews Walter Hargrove on January 17, 1989 in Madison, Wisconsin. Hargrove tells of coming to Madison from Georgia in 1936 at age 25 to work for a bank. Hargrove also tells of his work at the bank, the Oscar Mayer plant in Madison, and a shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware. Other topics discussed include the challenges that Blacks faced finding housing and employment in Madison, raising his eight children in Madison, and his involvement with the church.This oral history is part of a series of recorded interviews conducted by U.W. student Angela Whitmal in 1989 with three long-time Black residents of Madison, Wisconsin: William Gothard, Beatrice Gulley, and Walter Hargrove. Questions concerned their personal histories as well as general conditions for Blacks in Madison in the areas of employment, housing, recreation, and facilities and services. Gothard's interview is particularly informative on local sports activities.
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