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Full-Text Articles in African American Studies
Turner, Ruby: A Living Legacy, Ruby Mckie Turner
Turner, Ruby: A Living Legacy, Ruby Mckie Turner
Oral Histories
[Turner has] chosen not to write an oral history of African Americans but, rather, one of Colored Americans through images. These images are those who were among the first freeborn generation of the Civil War, thereby placing them in the historical period of the country changing its course to admit freed former slaves.
Mesa, Gloria, Bronx African American History Project
Mesa, Gloria, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewer: Jane Edward
Interviewee: Gloria Mesa
Date of Interview: October 4, 2019
Transcribed by: Allison Lecce
Summarized by: Allison Lecce
Gloria Mesa emigrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo with her family when she was a child. She was born and raised in Kinshasa, the capital of DRC, when her family won the diversity lottery. Her oldest siblings moved to the U.S. and eventually her and her parents joined them in Greensboro, North Carolina. Gloria is the youngest of five. She speaks French, which was her first language, English, Lingala, Kikongo and Gimbala, a language from her parents’ ethnic group. …
David Harris, Kelli Johnson
David Harris, Kelli Johnson
Oral Histories
Kelli Johnson interviewing David Harris on January 4th, 2019, who is going to take Dr. Johnson on a little driving tour of Fairfield.