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Interview session 3, 1985 July 24

 Item — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents

Tape 4, Side 1, through Tape 5, Side 1. In the third interview session, conducted on July 24, 1985, Bogle continues to discuss her activities after high school, and describes being denied entry to college or jobs other than domestic labor in the 1920s because of her race. She talks about Black-owned businesses in Portland. She discusses her decision to move to Los Angeles, California, in the 1920s, and how that led to her marriage to Richard Waldo Bogle in 1927. She talks about raising a family during the Depression, about segregation and racism in Portland, and about organizations for Black people.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985 July 24

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1.5 audiocassettes (1 hr., 29 min., 49 sec.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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