Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Fred Beaton
Publisher
University of South Florida Libraries
Date
1978-09-07
Publication Date
2-4-2009
Abstract
Willie Mickens and Rufus Robinson describe life for African Americans in Tampa during the early 20th century. Particular emphasis is given to Prohibition, Charlie Moon, and the Ku Klux Klan. Mickens also discusses Marcus Garvey, who was in prison with him during the 1930s.
Keywords
African Americans, Florida, History
Description
1 sound file (56 min.) and 1 transcript ( 35 p.)
Subject: topical
African Americans--Florida; African Americans--History--Florida
Language
English
Type
Sound
Genre
Oral histories
Format
Digital only
Notes
Interview conducted September 7, 1978. Interviewed by Otis R. Anthony and members of the Black History Research Project of Tampa. Other interviewers for the Black History Research Project of Tampa were Fred Beaton, Joyce Dyer, Herbert Jones, and Shirley Smith.
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Collection
Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida oral history project
Identifier
A31-00037
Recommended Citation
Mickens, Willie and Robinson, Rufus, "Willie Mickens, Rufus Robinson Oral History Interview" (2009). Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/otis_anthony_ohp/1
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