| Title: |
Reminiscences of Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP86-A12
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Black Women Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Growing up in Alabama; parents' culture and education; genealogy; religious background; marriage; educational and racial experiences at Northwestern University, University of Iowa, writings; JUBILEE; English teacher, Jackson State University from 1949; Director, Institute for the Study of History, Life and Culture of Black People from 1968; impressions of W.E.B. DuBois; friendship with Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Paul Engle, Medgar Evers, Edward Hungerford and others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 59 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Alexander, Margaret Abigail Walker, 1915-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1915
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| Speaker occupation: |
Teacher; Writer
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| Age at speaking: |
62
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Greenlee, Marcia M.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American authors; African American teachers; African Americans--Social conditions; American literature; Authors; Intellectual life--United States; North America; Oral history; Teachers; United States; Women authors
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Alexander, Margaret Abigail Walker, 1915-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016416-11859
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