wsu_wsuboh_harris harris wsuboh wsu yes Mr. and Mrs. Levi Harris, July 18, 1973 Harris, Levi Harris, Levi, Mrs. Oral history--United States Family--History African Americans--Oregon--Portland African Americans--Social conditions--20th century Portland (Or.)--Social conditions--20th century African Americans--Employment--Oregon African American churches--Oregon--Portland Churches--Oregon--Portland African Americans--Religion African American Baptists--Oregon--Portland Baptists--Oregon--Portland Job vacancies--Oregon--Portland Clubs--Oregon--Portland Societies--Oregon--Portland Social groups--Oregon--Portland African Americans--Societies, etc. Housing--Oregon--Portland African Americans--Housing--Oregon--Portland Dwellings--Oregon--Portland African Americans--Dwellings--Oregon--Portland African American neighborhoods--Oregon--Portland Ethnic neighborhoods--Oregon--Portland Neighborhood--Oregon--Portland Community life--Oregon--Portland Vanport (Or.)--History--20th century Public housing--Oregon--Vanport Shipbuilding industry--Employees Shipyards--Oregon--Portland World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945--African Americans African American business enterprises--Oregon--Portland Business enterprises--Oregon--Portland African American businesspeople--Oregon--Portland Businesspeople--Oregon--Portland National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Portland (Or.) Branch Urban League of Portland (Or.) African Americans--Civil rights--Oregon--Portland Civil rights--Oregon--Portland African American civic leaders--Oregon--Portland Civic leaders--Oregon--Portland Harris, Levi Harris, Levi, Mrs. Oral history interview with Mr. and Mrs. Levi Harris of Portland, Oregon. TAPE 1, SIDE A: 0 - 5 He came to Portland in 1930. She arrived in 1933. Family backgrounds. 5 - 8 Black Baptist church in Portland. Other black churches. Black Population. Black families. Job opportunities for blacks. 8 - 12 Black social clubs. Blacks lived in all parts of Portland. 12 - 18 Vanport was a housing project built by the city, where many blacks lived. Blacks were actively recruited to work in the shipyards. Black businesses. 18 - 23 NAACP and the Urban League. Black community and business leaders in Portland. When the war started many blacks moved into the community. 23 - 25 They keep in contact with Eastern relatives. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Spokane, Wash.] : Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries Taylor, Quintard University of Washington. Information School Black Oral History Interviews Collection (Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections) Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections 2002 Oral histories Sound recordings http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/5985,50 Interview cassette tapes were converted to RealAudio files with a bit rate of 16Kbps and placed on a RealServer 8.0 streaming server at the Washington State University Libraries. In 2002, graduate students at the University of Washington's Information School described and uploaded these RealAudio files to a CONTENTdm server at the Washington State University Libraries. Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Forms part of online collection: Black Oral History Interviews Collection. 1973-07-18 Portland (Or.) Multnomah County (Or.) For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691. 20120427 154725