| Title: |
Reminiscences of Audley Moore (Queen Mother Moore)
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A20
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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: |
Childhood in New Iberia and New Orleans, Louisiana; work with black soldiers, World War I; move to Harlem, 1922; member of the Communist Party, 1933-1950: racism within the party, reapportioning of voting districts, picketing of white-owned businesses in Harlem, reasons for leaving party; work to Africanize blacks in the United States; help to black prisoners; trips to Africa; impressions of Marcus Garvey movement; need for education of blacks and research into black heritage; advice to black women; recollections of being arrested; experiences in Europe; impressions of many notable black leaders.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 84 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 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Moore, Audley, 1898-
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1898
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| Speaker occupation: |
Civil rights worker
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| Age at speaking: |
80
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Gilkes, Cheryl Townsend
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| People discussed: |
Garvey, Marcus Moziah, Jr., 1887-1940; Marcus Moziah Garvey
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| Organizations discussed: |
Communist Party U.S.A.
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| Locations discussed: |
Africa; New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Africa; Africa--Description and travel; African American women executives; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights workers--United States; Communism--United States; Communist Party U.S.A.; Garvey, Marcus Moziah, Jr., 1887-1940; Marcus Moziah Garvey; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; Race relations--United States; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Back to Africa movement; Moore, Audley, 1898-; New York (NY)--Politics and government--1898-1951
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020698-16139
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