Interview: Harry L. (Harvey) Wilson

Interview: Harry L. (Harvey) Wilson

African American churches

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans--Health and hygiene.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

African Americans--Social conditions.

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

African Americans--Employment.

Discrimination in employment.

Race discrimination.

Harvey L. Wilson (1880-1982) was born in South Carolina to a farming family. Even though he had a job as a railroad man in the South, he moved North in 1917 to find better work, hoping to find a job in the war plants or unloading trucks. He found many different jobs in Baltimore and Philadelphia, the most long-term being a mobile grocer in a variety of neighborhoods. Wilson shared his stories in an interview in November 1981, less than a year before his death.

1981-11-12

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Charles Hardy

Harry L. (Harvey) Wilson

African American supervisors

Personnel management.

Supervision of employees.

World War, 1914-1918

African Americans--Housing.

African Americans--Economic conditions.