Baker, Oliver interview

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Material Information

Title:: Baker, Oliver interview
Creator:: Baker, Oliver, interviewee
William H. Turner Technical Arts High School ( Contributor )
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 1 digital audio recording (approximately 7 minutes): 1 digital transcript (5 pages): 1 digital video (approximately 7 minutes)

Subjects / Keywords:: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- African Americans -- Segregation -- Florida -- Miami -- African Americans -- Florida -- Miami -- Social conditions -- Civil rights movements -- United States -- Miami (Fla.)
Genre:: Oral history
Spatial Coverage:: United States of America -- Florida -- Miami-Dade -- Miami

Summary:: Oliver Baker interviewed by a student at Turner Tech in Miami, Florida. 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. Oliver Baker was born in Lakeland, Florida in 1933 and grew up in Miami, Florida. In this interview, he talks about his feelings about growing up in then-segregated Miami, his experience with discrimination based on race, and his memory of the civil rights movement in 1960s. ( English )
Ownership:: William H. Turner Technical Arts High School

Source Institution:: Florida International University
Rights Management:: Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the users responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights.
Resource Identifier:: FI07040621