Interview: Leon Grimes, July 21, 1983

Interview: Leon Grimes, July 21, 1983

Racism

African Americans--Social life and customs.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.

African Americans--Segregation

Race discrimination.

African Americans--Employment.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Born in Palatka, Florida, Leon Grimes (1899-1985) was 13 years old when his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. In his 1984 oral history interview, Grimes talked about his childhood in Palatka, his failure to complete school at Princess Anne Academy, his move to Philadelphia in 1923, his gambling and the sporting life of South Philadelphia, racial taunts, and the discrimination he faced while working for Horn and Hardart's restaurant.

1983-07-21

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Charles Hardy

Leon Grimes

African American families

African Americans--Education

African Americans--Southern States.

Gambling

African Americans--Recreation

Migration, Internal.