wsu_wsuboh_raymondjohnson raymondjohnson wsuboh wsu yes Raymond Johnson, March 3, 1974 Johnson, Raymond, 1925- Oral history--United States Family--History--Minnesota African Americans--Montana--Missoula African Americans--Employment--Montana--Missoula Occupations--Montana--Missoula Job vacancies--Montana--Missoula African American churches--Montana--Missoula Churches--Montana--Missoula African Americans--Religion Methodists--Montana--Missoula African American Methodists--Montana--Missoula Population Missoula (Mont.)--Population African Americans--Population Land tenure--Montana--Missoula African Americans--Land tenure--Montana--Missoula Landowners--Montana--Missoula Real property--Montana--Missoula African American business enterprises--Montana--Missoula Business enterprises--Montana--Missoula African American businesspeople--Montana--Missoula Businesspeople--Montana--Missoula African American lawyers--Montana--Missoula Lawyers--Montana--Missoula African American athletes--Montana--Missoula Athletes--Montana--Missoula Democratic Party (Mont.) Political parties--Montana Politics, Practical--Montana African Americans--Politics and government Montana--Politics and government--20th century World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945--African Americans African American soldiers Soldiers--United States United States--Armed Forces--African Americans African American periodicals Periodicals African American newspapers Newspapers Ethnic relations Missoula (Mont.)--Ethnic relations African Americans--Relations with Indians Race relations Missoula (Mont.)--Race relations African American cowboys African American cowboys--Montana Cowboys--United States Cowboys--Montana Rodeo performers--United States Rodeo performers--Montana African American rodeo performers African American rodeo performers--Montana African Americans--Civil rights--Montana African Americans--Civil rights Civil rights--Montana Civil rights--United States Constitutional law--United States Janitors--Montana--Missoula African American domestics--Montana--Missoula Domestics--Montana--Missoula Johnson, Raymond, 1925- Dorsey, Jimmy, lawyer Oral history interview with Raymond Johnson of Missoula, Montana. TAPE 1, SIDE A: 0 - 3 His parents were from Minneapolis. He was born here. How his parents met and married. Family background. 3 - 5 Black Methodist church in Missoula. Black population. Jobs blacks worked in. Almost all owned their own property. Black businesses. 5 - 9 Jimmy Dorsey, a successful black lawyer from Missoula. Maintains contacts with relatives. Other black families. Black athletes. Famous blacks that came through the area. 9 - 10 Most blacks were Democrats. Talks about his stint in the service during World War II. 10 - 13 The black population has really decreased in Missoula. Job opportunities better elsewhere. Blacks in neighboring towns. Black newspapers and magazines. 13 - 14 Blacks had a lot of contact with other minority groups, especially Indians. 14 - 17 His feelings about his life and experiences in Missoula. More about when blacks started moving out of Missoula. 17 - 21 Talks about some of the early Negro cowboys. Development of civil rights legislation. 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 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://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/5985,72 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. Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Forms part of online collection: Black Oral History Interviews Collection. 1974-03-03 Missoula (Mont.) Missoula County (Mont.) For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691. 20120427 161358