Gerard Tate, Clip 4: From Ridgewood to Georgia: Segregation
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Gerard Tate
Date: Time Period: 1960s; 2013-03-28; Interview recorded: March 28, 2013
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe SoundBooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:03:08
Creator: Gerard Tate
Identifier: aql:19461 qmp-gt-clip-000013
Description: In this clip from an oral history interview with Gerard Tate, he discusses his surprise at the racial segregation he saw upon entering Georgia as part of the army in the 1960s. He tells a story about being surrounded by white people when he went to see a production of "The Princess and the Pea." All of the African Americans were seated at the far end of the balcony in the theater. He even comments that the only integrated place was the bus going to Fort Benning, Georgia.
Creator :
Gerard Tate
Date :
Time Period: 1960s; 2013-03-28; Interview recorded: March 28, 2013
Summary/Description :
In this clip from an oral history interview with Gerard Tate, he discusses his surprise at the racial segregation he saw upon entering Georgia as part of the army in the 1960s. He tells a story about being surrounded by white people when he went to see a production of "The Princess and the Pea." All of the African Americans were seated at the far end of the balcony in the theater. He even comments that the only integrated place was the bus going to Fort Benning, Georgia.
Subject :
Segregation; United States Army Infantry School
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Ridgewood (New York, N.Y.); Georgia Ridgewood (New York, N.Y.) Georgia Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe SoundBooth.; Total running time: 0:03:08
Identifier :
aql:19461 qmp-gt-clip-000013
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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