American Communities Oral History Collection, 1996-1997.

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American Communities Oral History Collection, 1996-1997.

Collection includes a course syllabus, interviews of African-American North Carolinians on cassette tapes, some student self-evaluations, contracts, indices, and transcript excerpts. The area most represented is Durham, N.C. Students were to aim for insight into how African-Americans built communities during an age of racial oppression. The interviews include much information about family history and social and community issues. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African-American Documentation.

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