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Oral history interview with Willie Spencer Robinson covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Willie was born in 1937 and attended school in Wilmington, Delaware. When Claymont was integrated, his father gave Willie the option to continue at Howard High School or transfer to Claymont. He later joined the Air Force as a mechanic and met his wife while stationed in South Carolina. An edited transcript is included as Additional Information.
Date: May 19, 1996
Item Number: 514648
Call Number: Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Oral History Collection, Coll. # 251
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 514648
Collections - Audio-visual
Collections - Manuscript - Brown v. Board Oral History
Collections - Oral History - Brown vs Topeka Board of Education
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date - 1990s - 1996
Education - Primary - Students
Education - Primary - Teachers
Education - Secondary - Students
Education - Segregation and desegregation - Brown v. Board
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Audio recording
People - African Americans - Discrimination - Segregation
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961 - Civil Rights Movement
Type of Material - Audio - Oral histories
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