- Collection:
- Black Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Raymond Johnson, March 3, 1974
- Creator:
- Johnson, Raymond, 1925-
- Publisher:
- Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University
- Date of Original:
- 1974-03-03
- Subject:
- 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 - People:
- Johnson, Raymond, 1925-
Dorsey, Jimmy, lawyer - Location:
- United States, Montana, Missoula County, 47.03649, -113.92371
United States, Montana, Missoula County, Missoula, 46.87215, -113.994 - Type:
- Sound
- Description:
- 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. - Metadata URL:
- http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/5985/id/72
- Rights Holder:
- For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691.
- Extent:
- audio/x-pn-realaudio
- Contributing Institution:
- Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Rights:
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