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Schools -- Mesa (Ariz.) -- History

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Oral history of Angy Booker, 2002 June 15, 2006 March

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Identifier: MSAoh-j638a-V02
Abstract Booker, born in Naco, Arizona, talks about her family's history and her experiences as an African American woman in early Mesa. Her great-grand parents were slaves, and her grandfather and father were Buffalo Soldiers in the army. Her mother did laundry for a living, including for the O.S. Stapley family. She describes early downtown Mesa and mentions some businesses such as Everybody's Drugstore, the post office, J.C. Penney's, the hospital, and some churches. Booker discusses race...
Dates: 2002 June 15; Digitization: 2006 March