Black Rockfordians : their journey through the forest city : an oral history project
This book is a collective biography of 62 prominent African American citizens of Rockford, Illinois, developed through oral history interviews. It presents facts, events, and an expression of African American feelings associated with social, cultural, political, economic, and historical experiences in the Rockford community
Biographies
vii, 131 pages : portraits ; 23 cm + 1 videodisc (DVD-R : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
9780979426704, 0979426707
136920085
Introduction
Tommie Lee Bandy
Estelle Black
Annie Blackwell
Victory Bell
Willie Bell
Lois Bowden
Charles Box
Robert Brown
Dorothy Burks
Barry Champion, Sr
Viola Anderson-Cole
Rebecca Cook-Kendall
Georgia Cooper
Flora Cousins
Geraldine Davenport
Annie Davis
George Anne Duckett
Carrie Ellis
Samuel & Jean Gaynor
Eldridge 'Skip' Gilbert
Paulette Greer
Arma Harris
Lloyd Hawks
Venita Hervey
Homer Hempstead
Glenda Hildreth
Eurslyn L. Hines
Sidella Hughes
Fred Hutcherson
Chuck Jefferson
Ernestine Kendall
Larnell Malone
Jackie Mannery
Lee & Karen Marks
Lillie Marks
Margaret Meeks
Dorothy Newson
Doris Nolan
Dorothy Paige-Turner
Charles Perteete
Jewel Powell
Forest & Margie Price
Verla & Arthur Purifoy
Dorothy Redd
Elmer Rice, Sr
Mary Katherine Robinson
Charles Ryder
Lee Sago
Helen Sanderful
Beulah Slaughter
Suzanne Smith
Calvin Squire
Carl Towns
David Watts
Alberta Weatherall
Annie Webster
Willie Mae Wells
Ada White
Hallie Williams
Michael & Henrietta Williams
Velvet Woods
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