Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with James Stafford Griffin

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with James Stafford Griffin (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: James Stafford Griffin was born at 587 Rondo. He grew up in this racially integrated neighborhood in the 1920s. His father was a dining car waiter for the Northern Pacific. He went to college in West Virginia and later worked for the Saint Paul Police Department. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up in the Rondo; difference between a railroad employee and a Pullman car employee; experiencing discrimination of "Jim Crow" life while traveling to West Virginia; history of blacks in the St. Paul Police Department from the 1930s; discrimination he faced in applying for employment. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: This is a portion of an oral history interview done for the Saint Paul Police Department.

Dates

• 1997 - 05/11/1998 (Interviews conducted 5/1/1998 and 5/11/1998; radio interview from 1997.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewer: Biewen, John
• interviewee: Griffin, James S. (James Stafford)

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.14
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.14
• Link to Finding Aid

Notes

• There is no audio for this interview.

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Rondo Oral History Project' <OH 110>

Quantity: 38 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: text

Subjects

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