The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Doris Bunte

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Doris Bunte

10/19/2016

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2016.105

State representative and city official Doris Bunte (1933 - ) was the first African American elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where she served for twelve years. She was also the director of the Boston Housing Authority for seven years. Bunte was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 10/19/2016, in Boston, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 59m 28s

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Bunte, Doris.

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State representative and city official Doris Bunte was born on July 2, 1933 in New York City to Evelyn Johnson Brown and Herbert Brown. She attended Food Trades Vocational High School, but left before receiving her diploma. In 1953, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts with her three children, and earned her G.E.D. in 1968. Bunte enrolled in Harvard University in 1978, where she earned a certificate in environmental studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and her M.A. degree in educatio...