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Interview with Samuel C. Hunter, Sr.

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Item NumberPPLDoh-iv-31BTime Coverage1892-1973Date Interview6/23/1973DescriptionInterview with Samuel Crockett Hunter, Sr., Colorado Springs, Colorado, by Brenda Hawley and Norman Sams. Mr. Hunter was born January 26, 1892 in Weimar, Texas. He moved to Colorado Springs in 1920. Topics include college in Texas at the Prairie View State Normal Industrial College and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, 1910-1914|studying under George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington|work available to blacks in Colorado Springs|discrimination and segregation in Colorado Springs|starting his own business as a mortician in 1925|segregation of burials in the cemeteries|membership and activity with the NAACP in Colorado Springs from 1922 on|segregation in movie theaters|segregation lawsuits in Colorado|segregation in fraternal organizations|race relations in Colorado Springs. Mr. Hunter died May 1981 in Colorado Springs. NarratorHunter, Samuel Crockett, Sr., 1892-1981InterviewerHawley, BrendaSams, NormanGeographic CoverageColorado Springs (Colo.)SubjectAfrican American businesspeopleAfrican American universities and collegesAfrican Americans--Civil rights--ColoradoAfrican Americans--Colorado Springs (Colo.)African Americans--TexasCarver, George Washington, 1864?-1943Civil Rights--CasesColorado--Race relationsFraternal organizationsNational Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleRace discrimination--ColoradoTuskegee InstituteUndertakers and undertakingWashington, Booker T., 1856-1915CollectionPikes Peak Library District Oral History ProjectOral HistoriesLanguageenPublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictRightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Original Format1/4-inch reel to reel tape

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Date Digital10/29/2010Formataudiomp3Duration0:42:03Resource Typesound