Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Otis R. Anthony
Publisher
University of South Florida Libraries
Date
1978-09-13
Publication Date
3-11-2009
Abstract
Jessie West describes how the Depression affected African Americans in Tampa. She also discusses living conditions in Quincy, Florida during the 1910s, and describes a lynching that took place there between 1917 and 1918.
Keywords
African Americans, Florida, History
Description
1 sound file (15 min.) and 1 transcript (4 p.)
Subject: topical
African Americans--Florida; African Americans--History--Florida
Language
English
Type
Sound
Genre
Oral histories
Format
Digital only
Notes
Interview conducted September 13, 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
A31-00053
Recommended Citation
West, Jessie, "Jessie West Oral History Interview" (2009). Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project. 37.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/otis_anthony_ohp/37
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