Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Nathaniel Abdul Khaliq

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Nathaniel Abdul Khaliq (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Nathaniel [Davis] Abdul Khaliq was born and raised in Minnesota. Growing up in the Rondo neighborhood he was provided with a deep sense of nurturing and protection as a child. His grandparents raised him with the help of a supportive extended family; they were some of the last to be evicted from Rondo Avenue in 1956. He later became a community activist and a member of the Nation of Islam. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: History of his family coming to Minnesota; geography of the Rondo neighborhood; his role models; devastating impact the eviction had on his grandfather; the youth's reaction to the change in the community; his reaction to the pain of the senior generations; finding biological brothers and sisters at adulthood; experience of police racism throughout his teenage and adult years; his journey to becoming a community activist and a member of the Nation of Islam. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: Volume of interview is extremely low.

Dates

• 01/15/2004 - 07/09/2004 (Interviews conducted 1/15/2004 and 7/9/2004.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Khaliq, Nathaniel Abdul

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.17
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.17
• Link to Finding Aid

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 sound cassette 89 pages transcript 2 audio files

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:25:12 running time

Subjects

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