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Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Richard Morris Mann (Supplied title)
Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Richard Morris Mann became a member of the Sterling Club in 1949. He owned a bar in the Rondo neighborhood that became a gathering place, and a nightclub outside of Rondo that featured live black music and catered mainly to college students. His bar business was directly impacted by World War II and the neighborhood’s economic shift after the war. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: The economics and the business community of Rondo; creation of better employment opportunities for blacks during the war and the loss of that employment after the war; his grandfather's barber shop catering to rich white patrons; his own bar business in Rondo and nightclub outside of the neighborhood; the history of the Sterling Club, founded in 1919.
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Holding Type: Oral History - Interview
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Quantity: 1 sound cassette 45 pages transcript 2 audio files
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