Interview: Walter Gay, April 25, 1984

Interview: Walter Gay, April 25, 1984

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans--Segregation

Race discrimination.

United States--Race relations.

African American banks.

African Americans--Education.

African American business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans--Housing.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Depressions--1929.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

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.

1984-04-25

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Charles Hardy

Walter Gay

African American churches

Ku Klux Klan (1915- )

African American neighborhoods

African American families

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African American lawyers.

African Americans--Southern States.

African Americans--Employment.