Archive Record
Metadata
Manuscript Number |
MS591.2 |
Title |
Oral history interview with Jim Floyd, Sr. |
Object Name |
Interview |
Date |
1995 August 18 |
Creator |
Floyd, James Arthur, Sr., interviewee |
Other Creators |
King, Dwandalyn Reece, interviewer |
Scope & Content |
Interview with James "Jim" Floyd, Sr. conducted by Dwandalyn Reece King, August 18 1995. Transcription available. Interview discussess Floyd's political career from create housing for African Americans to becoming Princeton's first Black mayor. Floyd also talks about his growing up in Trenton, education in Princeton; the effects Princeton University had on the community; the relationship between African Americans, Latinos, and white people in Princeton; and the general history of Princeton's African Americans. |
Extent of Description |
Sound recording: 2 MP3 audio files (67 min.) Transcript: 33 p. |
Admin/Biographical History |
Interview conducted as research for 1996 Historical Society of Princeton exhibition "A Community Remembers: African American Life in Princeton. |
Access Conditions |
This collection is open for research use. |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Floyd, James Arthur, Sr. King, Dwandalyn Reece Howe Milgram, Morris Hackman, Sheldon Moore, Joe Gordon, Ernest, 1916-2002 Griggs, Burnett Goheen, Robert Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 |
Subjects |
Interviews--New Jersey--Princeton African Americans--New Jersey African American--History--New Jersey--Princeton Exhibitions--New Jersey--Princeton African Americans Trenton (N.J.) Housing--New Jersey--Princeton Churches Politics Hispanic Americans Spanish Americans (Latin America) Schools--New Jersey--Princeton Education--New Jersey--Princeton Princeton (N.J.)--Politics and government. Princeton (N.J.)--Social life and customs |
Search Terms |
African Americans Oral Histories Quarry Street Harris Road Princeton First Presbyterian Church Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church The Princeton Plan Palmer Square Princeton University Princeton Area Community Foundation The United Way |
Collection |
Oral history interviews for "A Community Remembers" exhibition |
Parent ObjectID |
MS591 |