Oral history interviews of the Our Gathering Places Oral History Project, 1997-1998.

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Oral history interviews of the Our Gathering Places Oral History Project, 1997-1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54673960

Most of these interviews were conducted to obtain background material for an exhibit at the Minnesota History Center about the African-American community in Minnesota. Those done by Mary Murphy-Gnatz and her colleagues were done to prepare curriculum materials for fourth graders. The interviews primarily focus on neighborhood activities, barbershops and beauty shops, although several musicians.

Sound recordings : 29 sound cassettes (60 min. each)Transcripts : 21 v. ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7679847

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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