Rachel Bassette Noel oral history, 1973 November [sound recording].

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Rachel Bassette Noel oral history, 1973 November [sound recording].

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Noel talks about her childhood, family, education, marriage and her careers as a welfare worker and magazine editor; also discusses Denver public school system and a trip to African.

3 sound cassettes: analog, mono ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. + tape index sheet, biographical information, numbered tape synopsis, transcript of tape

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Collaborative Digitization Project (Denver, Colo.)

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Davis, James Harlan,

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Noel, Rachel Bassette.

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Arrived in Denver, Colo. in 1949. In 1965, became the first African American elected to the Denver Public School board and the first black woman ever to serve elected office in Colorado. She presented the DPS board with the Noel Resolution, which asked the superintendent to develop a plan to integrate Denver's public schools. Under a cloud of threats to Noel and her family, the resolution passed in 1970. From the description of Rachel Bassette Noel oral history, 1973 November [sound ...

Gray, Juanita.

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