Scope and Contents Tape 7, Side 1, through Tape 8, Side 1. In the fifth interview session, conducted on August 7, 1985, Bogle discusses her work as a journalist for the Northwest Enterprise and Pittsburgh Courier, and talks about taking writing and journalism classes through adult education programs in the 1930s. She speaks extensively about her article “An American Negro Speaks of Color," published in the Portland Oregonian on February 14, 1937. She also talks about discrimination that she, her family, and...

Scope and Contents Tape 8, Side 2, through Tape 9, Side 2. In the sixth interview session, conducted on August 14, 1985, Bogle discusses how the job market of World War II encouraged Black people to move to Portland, and how the increase in the Black population affected race relations in the city, particularly in regard to job and housing discrimination. She then talks about her work developing youth programs for St. Philip The Deacon Episcopal Church, as a caseworker at Good Samaritan Hospital, and with the...