Minnesota Black History Project: Interview with Marjorie Wilkins

Titles: Minnesota Black History Project: Interview with Marjorie Wilkins (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mrs. Wilkins was born in Duluth on May 3, 1923. She is the daughter of Mr. George B. Kelley and Mrs. Leona (Burrels) Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley were both born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on April 12, 1876 and September 15, 1882 respectively. At the time of the interview Mrs. Wilkins was a registered nurse and for a number of years she was the president of the Duluth branch of the NAACP. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Mrs. Wilkins discusses growing up in Duluth and discrimination in that city. She also discusses contempory problems facing the city's black community.

Dates

• 07/09/1975 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Wilkins, Marjorie
• interviewer: Taylor, David Vassar
• interviewer: Foster, W. J. Musa
• interviewer: Simba, Malik

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 43.31

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 15 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:42:007 running time

Subjects

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