The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Charles Blockson

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Charles Blockson

9/5/2002

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2002.180

African diaspora historian and curator Charles Blockson (1933 - ) is an expert on African American genealogy and the Underground Railroad, and curates the Charles Blockson collection at Temple University. Blockson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 9/5/2002, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 23m 09s

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Blockson, Charles L.

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Black studies scholar and author Charles L. Blockson was born on December 16, 1933 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. A book lover as a young boy, the son of Annie Parker and Charles E. Blockson, has amassed one of the world's largest private collections of African American history.Blockson graduated from Penn State University in 1956, where he played fullback on a football team that included football greats Lenny Moore and Roosevelt Grier. He turned down an offer to play professional football for the...