Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with Lorraine Tate and Jeffrey Tate

Titles: Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with Lorraine Tate and Jeffrey Tate (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Lorraine Tate and her son, Jeffrey, were both born and raised in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Her grandfather was a horse trader who moved to Fergus Falls with his wife, followed by other family members. In the late 1970s the family moved to Minneapolis. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: How their family came to be in Fergus Falls; jobs available; work as aide and nurse; father’s work as horse trader; churches: Baptist, Seventh-day Adventist, Catholic; staying behind when other blacks moved on; church events; Scandinavian country; personal experiences as one of only a few blacks in the area; experiences with the white community; trips to Twin Cities; move to Twin Cities in 1979; segregation in Fergus Falls; family history; churches attended: Baptist, Methodist and Covenant; high school socializing opportunities; social activities at home; internal and external pressures to stay separate; family members' experiences in both white and black army units.

Dates

• 12/10/1997 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Tate, Jeffrey
• interviewee: Tate, Lorraine
• interviewer: Morehouse, Kari

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 100
• Accession Number: AV2003.65.17

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 10 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:27:21 running time

Subjects

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