Interview: Isadore M. Martin, Jr., August 30, 1984

Interview: Isadore M. Martin, Jr., August 30, 1984

African Americans--Employment.

African American business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African Americans--Economic conditions.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

African Americans--Housing.

United States--Race relations.

Integration

African Americans--Civil rights

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Civil rights--Law and legislation

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans--Conduct of life.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans--Social life and customs.

African Americans--Societies, etc.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Race discrimination.

African Americans--Segregation

Civil rights movements--United States

In these 1984 and 1987 interviews with I. Maximilian Martin Jr (1910-1992) he recounts how his family migrated from Enfield, North Carolina, in 1913. Isadore Martin Sr. chose the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, because he thought the North would offer the Martin family more opportunities for success. Martin Sr. wanted better chances for his children in education, and he desired to escape the rampant Jim Crow segregation and discrimination in the South. Martin Sr. put down roots in Philadelphia, where his children, especially I. Max Martin Jr., obtained a quality education. Martin Sr. and Jr. worked with the N.A.A.C.P. to improve the conditions for Philadelphia’s native and southern African American population.

1984-08-30

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Charles Hardy

Isadore Maximilian Martin, Jr.

Isadore Maximilian Martin, Sr.

African American families

African Americans--Southern States.

Racism

African American leadership

African American neighborhoods

African Americans--Education.

Civil rights demonstrations