Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with James Griffin

Titles: Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with James Griffin (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: James Griffin was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1917 and educated there as well. He attended West Virginia State College. He worked for the National Youth Administration. He began his career with the St. Paul police force in 1941 and served for many years. He also served one year of military duty in 1945. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family history; experiences growing up in St. Paul: neighborhood, schools, youth activities, discrimination, community centers and organizations; work history; Navy experiences; importance of connections and personal contacts within the community; how he became a policeman; unions; fire fighters; Affirmative Action; school board service; misconceptions held by black community about itself.

Dates

• 07/30/1998 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Griffin, James S. (James Stafford)
• interviewer: Murphy-Gnatz, Mary

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 100
• Accession Number: AV2003.65.7

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassette 47 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 02:32:52 running time

Subjects

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