That was a man who was employed by the tulsa tribune and he in turn employed me, didnt employ any young black newsboys. I was employed by mister ripitso, it always and always clear what that was. In the afternoon, he was throwing newspapers and i helped him, wrapped them and prepared for the delivery and then went around with him to deliver the newspapers and i didnt collect, he collected the money and he had all the contact with the newspaper. I had no contacts with the newspaper though they knew that i was in front, they employed no black people. Host your father was a lawyer . Guest my father was a lawyer, yes. I contacted people through him, but it was not a serious thing. Host where were you born . Guest in oklahoma south of tulsa, the name of the village was rentersville, oklahoma. My father and mother moved there in 191112 because he had experiences in shreveport, louisiana, these were not pleasant and he moved to an allblack town because of the way they treated him injuries rep
Good evening. Welcome to the william g. Mcgowan theater here at the National Archives. Im the archivist of the United States, and its a pleasure to welcome you here this evening whether youre here in person, joining us on our youtube station or a special welcome to our friends at cspan. We present tonights program, meet the better half congressional partners, spouses and families, in partnership with the u. S. Association of former members of congress, and we thank them for their support. Where are you . Weve been doing this for six years now. Great to have you with us. Look forward to six more. Before we get started, id like to tell you about two other programs coming up next month. Oh, actually, this month. On tuesday, february 6th at noon, katherine kerryson will be here to talk about jeffersons daughters three sisters, white and black, which look into the lives of martha and harriet. And friday february 16th at noon, derek ash and George Musgrove will be here to tell us about their
Event. Good evening. Welcome to the william g. Mcgowan theater here at the National Archives. Its a pleasure to welcome you here this evening, whether youre here in person, joining us on our youtube station or a special welcome to our friends at cspan. We present tonights program meter the better half conversational partners, spouses and families in partnership with the u. S. Association of former members of congress and we thank them for their support. Where are you . Weve been doing this for six years now. Great to have you with us. Look forward to six more. Before we get started, id like to tell you about two other programs coming up next month. Actually this month. On tuesday, february 6th, at noon, katherine will be here to talk about her new book jeffersons daughters Three Sisters white and black, and the Young America which looks into the lives of martha, maria, jefferson and harriet hemmings. On friday, february selfth at noon, Chris Meyers Ashe will be here to tell us about th
Joining us on our youtube station or special welcome to our friends at cspan. We present tonight program, meet the better have congressional partners spouses and families in partnership with use association of former members of congress, and we thank them for their support. Weve been doing this for six years now. Great to have you with us. Look forward to six more. Before we get started i like to tell you about to other programs coming up next month. Actually this month, on tuesday february 6 at noon catherine will get to talk about her new book jeffersons daughters, three sisters, white and black and Young American which looks into the lives of Martha Jefferson and harriet hemings. Friday, february 16 at chris myers ash and George Musgrove will be here to tell us about the book chocolate city, the history of race in democracy in the nations capital. To learn more about these and exhibits consult our monthly calendar of events at archives. Gov. You can also sign up at the table outside
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