Interview with Raymond Wright, June 2, 1976, Beloit, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Historical Society
Imhoff, Clem, Interviewer | WSA0047
Beloit bicentennial oral history project interviews 1919-1976, 637A/15

00:00:00 - Introduction

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Segment Synopsis: Original index missing for first part of June 2nd Interview.

01:00:22 - Experiences as Fairbank-Morse's first black foreman--job as crane operator--F-M better than other area companies in opening opportunities for blacks--comments on Rumer-Collins incident, circa 1951

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01:15:35 - Election of Dee Gilliam as first black president of Steelworkers Local 1533

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01:18:03 - Ray Wright's decision to stay in Beloit--father happy with move to Beloit--father's feeling for Mississippi--family travels in the South--reaction to segregation

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01:23:13 - Mother's reaction to Beloit--mother as family decision-maker

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01:25:42 - Fears, not being accepted by other people

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01:28:27 - Comments about Reverend W.E.W. Brown--Reverend Hermie Zimmerman of 2d Methodist

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01:32:27 - Further comments concerning Rev. Zimmerman

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01:33:23 - Mr. Wright's term as NAACP president

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01:35:14 - Civil rights efforts in the early 1960s--Reverend Oliver Gibson

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01:40:35 - Ray Wright as a Republican, now an independent

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