Sanders, Jacob interview

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Material Information

Title:: Sanders, Jacob interview
Creator:: Sanders, Jacob, interviewee
McKenzie, Michelle, interviewer
William H. Turner Technical Arts High School ( Contributor )
Publication Date:: 2006-02-14
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 1 digital audio recording (approximately 14 minutes): 1 digital transcript (8 pages): 1 digital video (approximately 14 minutes)

Subjects / Keywords:: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- Miami -- History
African Americans -- Employment -- Florida -- Miami -- History
African Americans -- Florida -- Miami -- Social conditions
Segregation in education -- Florida -- Miami Dade County
Genre:: Oral history
Spatial Coverage:: United States of America -- Florida -- Miami-Dade -- Miami

Summary:: Jacob Sanders interviewed by Michelle McKenzie at Turner Tech in Miami, Florida, on February 14, 2006. This interview is part of the Turner Tech Oral History Archive, a collection of Turner Tech students' oral history interviews that grows every year. Each year, Turner Tech students utilize their technical skills learned in the school to capture local history and honor the community's pioneer citizens. Students interview, record, transcribe and reproduce the memories of Miami residents, with a focus on civil rights. Jacob Sanders was born in Ocilla, Georgia and moved to Miami, Florida in 1935 because of his father's job at the University of Miami. In this interview, Jacob Sanders describes his earliest memories of life in Miami, his experience with segregation, discrimination or separation of the races, his memory about the local or national efforts to bring full civil rights to African Americans, and changes made in the 1950s and 1960s about segregation. Other subjects and individuals mentioned: Virginia Key Beach, Harry S. Truman. ( English )
Ownership:: William H. Turner Technical Arts High School

Source Institution:: Florida International University
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Resource Identifier:: FI07040611