Interviewer
Charlotte Ivy
Project
Black Community of El Paso
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee
Member of a pioneer black family of El Paso.
Summary of Interview
Childhood in El Paso; attendance at Douglass School; the black experience in El Paso including typical occupations, recreation, shopping, and medical care; her college years in Alabama; career in Civil Service; relationships with Hispanics; segregation; Jim Crow cars; some discussion of anti-discrimination ordinances in the 1960s.
Date of Interview
10-12-1985
Length of Interview
1 hour 40 minutes
Tape Number
No. 751
Transcript Number
No. 751
Length of Transcript
38 pages
Transcriber
Anita Burdett
Interview Number
No. 751
Terms of Use
Unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Interview with Frances Hills by Charlotte Ivy, 1985, "Interview no. 751," Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso.
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