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| Creator: | Interviewee: Terrel, Clara |
| Creator: | Interviewer: Osa, Mateo |
| Title: | Interview with Clara Terrell, January 12, 1981 |
| Date: | 1981 |
| Description: | Clara Terrell discusses how her great grandfather migrated to Utah with Brigham Young. Terrell talks about the kinds of employment available to her family and other African Americans in Utah and Idaho. She mentions her family's work on the railroads and farming. Terrell describes the kinds of social activities and organizations in which African American individuals participated. She also discusses race segregation and rent discrimination. The transcript includes a two page tape summary of the interview. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Transcripts | Interviews | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Terrell, Clara (Clara Stevens) | African Americans--Idaho--Boise | Pioneers--Idaho--Boise | Employment--Idaho--Boise | Discrimination--Idaho--Boise | African American women--Idaho--Boise | Oral History--Idaho--Boise | Boise (Idaho) | Ada County (Idaho) |
| Collection: | Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project |
| Institution: | Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Contributors: | Washington State University Vancouver Information Services | Idaho State Historical Society |
| Online Publisher: | [Spokane, Wash.] : Washington State University |
| Original Material: | Oral History Transcript Collections |
| Rights and Usage: | To obtain a copy of this item, or request permission to publish, contact the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives, 450 N. Fourth St., Boise, ID 83702, 208-334-3356. |
| Related Materials: | From the Columbia River Basin Ethnic History project (Washington State University) |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/imls_3&CISOPTR=1075 |
