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Interview session 3, 2020 September 25

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Scope and Contents

In the third interview session, conducted on September 25, 2020, Shepherd discusses her marriage to Theodore Cassidy Powell. She then talks about living in the Albina neighborhood in the early 1950s. She also revisits the topic of how the Black community changed after World War II, as well as how the way white people treated them changed. She talks about working as a janitor at KGW, and about her brief marriage to Curley Massey. She speaks about her marriage to Emmett Edwin Shepherd, about buying a house in the Eliot neighborhood, and about the changes in the neighborhood since the 1960s. She talks about raising a family, about her career in housekeeping and janitorial services, and about her experiences during the civil rights movement, including meeting Coretta Scott King. She shares her thoughts about police treatment of Black residents, talks about the mass displacement of Black residents during the construction of I-5 in the 1960s, and discusses the Black community in the Albina area of Portland.

Dates

  • Creation: 2020 September 25

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Portions of the interview have been restricted by Ida Mae Shepherd, and the audio and transcript have been redacted. The remainder of the interview recording and transcript are open for research.

Extent

503 Megabytes (1 audio file (WAV, 1 hr., 31 min., 37 sec.))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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