Oral history interview with Raymond Johnson of Missoula, Montana. TAPE 1, SIDE A: 0 - 3 His parents were from Minneapolis. He was born here. How his parents met and married. Family background. 3 - 5 Black Methodist church in Missoula. Black population. Jobs blacks worked in. Almost all owned their own property. Black businesses. 5 - 9 Jimmy Dorsey, a successful black lawyer from Missoula. Maintains contacts with relatives. Other black families. Black athletes. Famous blacks that came through the area. 9 - 10 Most blacks were Democrats. Talks about his stint in the service during World War II. 10 - 13 The black population has really decreased in Missoula. Job opportunities better elsewhere. Blacks in neighboring towns. Black newspapers and magazines. 13 - 14 Blacks had a lot of contact with other minority groups, especially Indians. 14 - 17 His feelings about his life and experiences in Missoula. More about when blacks started moving out of Missoula. 17 - 21 Talks about some of the early Negro cowboys. Development of civil rights legislation. 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. | 
