Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Ora Lee O'Neal Patterson

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Ora Lee O'Neal Patterson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Ora Lee O'Neal Patterson grew up in the Rondo neighborhood and attended activities at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center and Pilgrim Baptist Church. She attended primary schools with predominantly white classmates. Her mother was an active homemaker and her father was active in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the Pullman porters' union. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Tales of daily life in Rondo; attending activities at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center and Pilgrim Baptist Church; attending a predominantly white school and her experience there that prepared her for the larger community and politics; her love for classical music.

Dates

• 11/18/2004 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Patterson, Ora Lee O'Neal

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.24
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.24
• 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 61 pages transcript 2 audio files

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:26:45 running time

Subjects

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