Tape 1, Side 1, through Tape 2, Side 1. In the first interview session, conducted on June 26, 1985, Bogle discusses her family background in Oklahoma and her early life in Portland, Oregon. She talks about families her mother worked for as a maid, about her early education, and about attending a Black church. She then talks about her life and education in San Francisco, California; Marshfield, Oregon; Tacoma, Washington; Seattle, Washington; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Logan, Montana, and describes her family’s experience as Black people in those areas. She discusses housing discrimination her family experienced after returning to Portland in the 1920s.