Interview: Walter Gay, May 22, 1984

Interview: Walter Gay, May 22, 1984

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

African American leadership

African American newspapers.

African Americans--Employment.

Walter Gay (c. 1902- c. 1994) recounts his experiences involving racial violence in the South and his family's move northwards to Philadelphia in the year 1917. Gay discusses his family's values and priorities while describing his thoughts and reactions to Philadelphia. Finally, Gay describes the political climate at the time of his arrival as compared to that 15 years later, and his role in the change.

1984-05-22

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Charles Hardy

Walter Gay

The Philadelphia Independent (newspaper)

New Deal, 1933-1939

George Howard Earle, III (Governor of Pennsylvania, 1935-39)

Raymond Pace Alexander

Amos Scott (first black magistrate in Philadelphia, elected in 1921)

Edward Henry (2nd black magistrate, appointed in 1925)