Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with Roberta Davis

Titles: Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with Roberta Davis (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Roberta Davis is a jazz singer. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Experiences with racism and discrimination; influence of music on her life; work as a singer and gospel choir director; jazz greats; life in Rondo neighborhood; work as an activist for the Poor People’s Campaign; travels; health insurance and physical ailments; her parents.

Dates

• 08/05/1997 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Davis, Roberta
• interviewer: Morehouse, Kari

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 100
• Accession Number: AV2003.65.5

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Our Gathering Places Oral History Project' <OH 100>

Quantity: 2 hour sound cassette 22 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:20:52 running time

Subjects

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