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Cedric Page for Colorado Reflections
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Identifier: couda-page
Abstract
Cedric "Rick" Page, professor of geography and urban studies at the University of Colorado, reflects on his research on the development of Dearfield, Colorado. Dearfield is considered a "Black town" because of the migration of African Americans out of the south and into the West. Page discusses the history of black communities settling Colorado and their efforts to establish towns and agricultural communities in the early 1900s.
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Mesa Leadership talk with Angy Booker, Celia Burns, Susie Sato, 2003 November 1, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-042-1
Abstract
Booker, Burns, and Sato ? all from well-known families who helped settle Mesa ? participate in a panel interview to talk about Mesa in the early 1900's. They each tell how their families came to Mesa and what they did for a living, including farming and cooking at a downtown armory. They discuss everyday life ? doing laundry by hand, swimming in the canals for recreation, and keeping cool without air-conditioning. Booker talks about being part of the first African-American family to live in...
Dates:
2003 November 1; Digitization: 2006 March
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- African Americans -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
- Agriculture 1
- Agriculture -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History 1
- Cities and towns -- Study and teaching 1
- Colorado 1
- Dearfield (Colo.) 1
- Denver (Colo.) 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Mesa (Ariz.) 1
- Interviews 1
- Japanese Americans -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Interviews 1
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Mesa (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
- Migration 1
- Race relations 1
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