Minnesota Black History Project: Interview with Carrie L. Dozier

Titles: Minnesota Black History Project: Interview with Carrie L. Dozier (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mrs. Dozier was born September 1, 1892 in Belview, Maryland. Her parents were Henry Simpson and Elmira Jackson (Belview, Maryland, 1862-1932). She moved to Duluth in 1921 and has been a Minnesota resident for 54 years. She is a past grand matron of the Minnesota jurisdiction of the Order of the Eastern Star, a trustee and the oldest living member of St. Mark's A.M.E. Church and a past treasurer of the Duluth NAACP. She is the widow of G.W. Dozier. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Mrs. Dozier discusses social and economic conditions of blacks in Duluth from the 1920s through the 1950s, their educational opportunities, the lynching of blacks in Duluth in 1920, the United States Steel Corporation company town of Gary, Minnesota (St. Louis County), NAACP activities since the 1920s and the religious life of the community.

Dates

• 07/30/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Dozier, Carrie L.
• interviewer: Foster, W. J. Musa
• interviewer: Simba, Malik
• interviewer: Jones, Seitu

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 43.6

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Black History Project' <OH 43>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 24 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:41:46 running time

Subjects

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