Oral history interviews with Earnest S. Brazill and Joseph A. Boles, 1991.

University of Washington, Tacoma. Community History Project.

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Established by Michael Honey in 1991, the University of Washington, Tacoma's Community History Project has developed out of an ongoing series of classes, offered periodically, in which students research local history and interview people in the community about their lives, knowledge of Tacoma and its environs and opinions about a wide range of issues. Its initial goals were to document the history and ethnic diversity of the Tacoma area and to raise awareness of important aspects of history that...

Brazill, Earnest S.

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Reverend Earnest S. Brazill (1910-2000) was the longtime pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church and a leading civil rights activist in Tacoma, Washington. Born in Albany, Georgia, Brazill moved to Washington State in 1949, settling in Bremerton, where he was pastor at the Sinclair Baptist Church. He was the first pastor to serve Shiloh, which was established in the Hilltop neighborhood in 1955. The church relocated to larger premises in 1964. Brazill and other other local African Ameri...

Honey, Michael.

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Professor of labor and ethnic studies and American history at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Michael Honey received his Ph. D. in history from Northern Illinois University in 1988. In 1990 he joined the faculty of the University of Washington, Tacoma, as professor of labor and ethnic studies and American history in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program. He initiated and led the Center for the Study of Community and Society and the Ernie Tanner Labor and ...

Boles, Joseph A.

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Palms, Elnora G.,

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