- Collection:
- Many Paths, Many Voices: Oral Histories from the University of Washington Special Collections
- Title:
- Roston (James A.) interview
- Creator:
- Roston, James A., Jr.
Bell, S. Leonard - Date of Original:
- 1969-05-27
- Subject:
- African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews
African American labor union members--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Employment--Washington (State)--Seattle
Labor movement--Washington (State)--Seattle
Race relations--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--20th century
Colored Marine Employees Benevolent Association
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Seattle Branch
University of Washington - People:
- Roston, James A.
- Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
United States, Washington, Pierce County, Tacoma, 47.25288, -122.44429 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary genre)
sound recordings - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/flv
- Description:
- Roston, Jr. discusses his father, James A. Roston Sr., including his early background and his occupations before he came to Seattle. In Seattle, he organized the Longshoremen Association and later the Colored Marine Employees Benevolent Association. Roston, Jr. also discusses race relations on Seattle docks and areas where African Americans lived ca. 1914-1915. There is some mention of conditions during the Depression including the employment situation on the docks during the years 1927-1930. Subject timestamps: 1:04) Father's early history and move to the West, (3:03) Members of the Colored Marine Employees Benevolent Association (CMEBA), (3:48) Father's membership in various organizations, (4:17) Location of African American populations, state of race relations in 1914, (5:50) Effects of the Depression, Hooverville shacks, (8:00) Various jobs on ships, (10:17) Dances on H. F. Alexander ship, (10:54) Influx of African Americans from the South, influence on the community, (12:59) Shops and offices run by African Americans, (14:00) Dissolution of CMEBA, (15:09) Property ownership, (15:47) Owner of concession at Greyhound station, Mrs. Brooks, (16:36) Colored Employment Association, (17:00) Discrimination in newspaper articles, job listings, (18:12) Role of Boeing, WWII in increase of African American population in Seattle, (18:51) African Americans in attendance at University of Washington, (19:54) Father's participation in Spanish American War, (20:46) Parents' membership in NAACP, (22:38) Time in Spokane This accession is part of the Afro-American Project.
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1 sound cassette, analog, stereo - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ohc/id/112
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/iiif/2/ohc:112/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This copy was produced for preservation and reference use from original material from the UW Libraries Special Collections. Further duplication of any kind for any purpose is not permitted without permission. Intellectual property rights including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. If the material is still under copyright permission to publish may be necessary and should be sought from the owners of such rights. Contact email: photo@uw.edu
- Extent:
- 22 minutes, 44 seconds
- Original Collection:
- University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Oral History Collection
Labor Archives
Black Americans
James A. Roston, Jr. Papers, Accession No. 4874-001
To view the finding aid for this collection see: https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv55203
Sound cassette - Contributing Institution:
- University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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