Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Yusef Mgeni

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Yusef Mgeni (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Yusef Mgeni was born in 1948. He was raised in the Rondo neighborhood as Charlie Anderson. His family has a rich history as civic and community leaders. He was influenced by the national figures that visited Minnesota and his experience reading his grandfather's extensive library of black authors. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: St. Paul's black history; family's rich history as civic and community leaders; strength of the community and its oral tradition that kept Saint Paul blacks connected to black communities around the country; the resistance from the community to I-94 being built; the devastating effect of the freeway dividing the community.

Dates

• 03/21/2003 - 04/26/2004 (Interviews conducted 3/21/2003 and 4/26/2004.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewer: Bonkowske, Christina
• interviewee: Mgeni, Yusef

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.21
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.21
• Link to Finding Aid

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 2 sound cassette 73 pages transcript 3 audio files

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:32:02 running time

Subjects

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