Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project

Interviewee

Jessie West

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Interviewer

Otis R. Anthony

Publication Date

3-11-2009

Date

1978-09-13

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

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Language

English

Media Type

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.

Identifier

A31-00053

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