| Title: |
Ethel Ray Nance
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Minnesota Historical Society. Library
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| Collection: |
Duluth Lynchings Online
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| Description: |
Ethel Ray Nance was born April 13, 1899 in Duluth, Minnesota. She was the assistant head resident of the Phyllis Wheatley House, the first black policewoman in Minneapolis, the first black stenographer in the Minnesota legislature, a member of the Minnesota Negro Council and an associate editor of the Timely Digest. At the time of the lynchings Ms. Nance was living in Moose Lake, Minnesota. Here she discusses her reaction to the news of the lynchings and those of other residents of Moose Lake, as well as the establishment of an NAACP branch in Duluth.
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| URL: |
http://collections.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/html/oraltext_nance.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1974 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Nance, Ethel Ray, 1899-1992
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
13-Apr-1899
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Duluth, MN; Minnesota; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Age at speaking: |
75
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| Document date: |
24-May-1974
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| Locations discussed: |
Duluth, MN; Minnesota; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Duluth (Minn.); Duluth (Minn.)--History; Duluth, MN; Lynching--Duluth (Minn.); Minnesota; North America; Oral history; Race relations; United States
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0034111-37460
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