Voices of Rondo oral histories of Saint Paul's historic Black community as told to Kateleen Jill Hope Cavett ; foreword by David Vassar Taylor

Includes index

Minnesota Book Award for Anthology and Collections, 2006

A definition of oral history -- Foreword / David Vassar Taylor -- Map of Rondo neighborhood -- Mary Chambers, Bradley Hamilton : 1880-1940 -- Welcome Hall -- Family -- School -- Richard Morris Mann : 1880-1983 -- Black employment -- Tavern ownership -- Barbershop ownership -- The Sterling Club -- Willie Lee Frelix : 1939-1957 -- Pullman porter -- Benjamin Louis Alexander Senior : 1939-2004 -- Tuskegee Airmen -- Racism -- The Sterling Club -- Gladys Clemons Miller : 1942-1956 -- Community -- Arsenal employment -- Grocery store ownership -- Racism -- Anisah Hanifah Dawan : 1922-1937 -- Landscape of Cornmeal Valley -- Depression years -- Employment -- Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Incorporated -- H. Janabelle Murphy Taylor : 1925-1975 -- YWCA -- Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Incorporated -- Bernice Greenfield Wilson : 1949-1963 -- Social clubs -- Community support -- James Stafford Griffin : 1906-1983 -- School -- Railroad employment -- Railroad travel -- Police officer -- Melvin Whitefield Carter Senior : 1925-2003 -- Family -- Employment -- Redcap porter -- Music -- St. Peter Claver Band -- Vertress Laroe Jackson Roberson : 1923-1964 -- Car trips -- Racism -- Freeway

Gloria Ellen Gilbreath Wilson : 1925-1972 -- Employment -- Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Incorporated -- Buelah Mae Vivian Baines Swan : 1927-1987 -- Depression years -- Employment -- Coal and ice business ownership -- School -- Racism -- Gloria Jean Lindstrom Lewis : 1946-1976 -- Deep Rondo landscape -- Racism -- Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Incorporated -- Don Gough Wilson : 1929-1991 -- Foster homes -- Hopelessness -- Racism/colorism -- Constance Jones Price : 1898-1962 -- Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Incorporated -- Oatmeal Hill -- Schools -- Employment -- Civil rights activism -- Barbara "Petey" Vassar Gray : 1945-1949 -- Beauty shop ownership -- School -- Racism -- Employment -- Kathryn Coram Gagnon : 1919-1960 -- Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Incorporated -- Education -- St. Philip's Episcopal Church -- Teen life -- Employment -- Eight Debs -- Gloria Yvonne Presley Massay : 1945-1957 -- Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Incorporated -- Community -- Floyd George Smaller Junior : 1853-1957 -- Gopher Elks Drum and Bugle Corps -- Marvin Roger Anderson : 1943-1965 -- Employment -- Railroad -- Entrepreneurs -- Ora Lee 'O'Neal Patterson : 1947-1968 -- Pullman porters -- Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Incorporated -- Mary Kalleen Murray Boyd : 1935-1960 -- Education -- Pilgrim baptist Church -- School -- Civil rights activism -- Music -- Employment

Nathaniel Abdul Khaliq : 1943-1956 -- Eviction to build freeway -- Ober Boys club -- Alumni of the Three Fours Girls Club : 1952-1955 -- Mary K. Murray Body -- Carol Jean Dawson -- Linda Ruby Griffin Garrett -- Vanne Hazel Owens Hayes -- Paula Patricia Thomason Mitchell -- Club activities -- Education -- Piano lessons -- Melvin Thomas Henderson : 1944-1962 -- Family -- Education -- Ober Boys Club -- School -- Deborah Gilbreath Montgomery : 1946-1963 -- Oxford playground -- Community -- Civil rights activism -- NAACP -- David Vassar Taylor : 1947-1965 -- Family -- Youth activities -- Racism -- Education -- Social economics -- Teresina "Willow" Carter Frelix : 1855-1957 -- Eviction to build freeway -- Racism -- William "Billy" L. Collins Junior : 1936-1963 -- Oxford playground -- Community -- Railroad employment

Wilbert John Dugas Junior : 1957-1964 -- Ober Boys Club -- William Kelso "Corky" Finney -- Community -- Beauty shop ownership -- Racism -- Ysef Mgeni : 1860-2004 -- History-- Racism -- Youth employment -- St. Peter Claver Church -- Final words / David Vassar Taylor -- Appendixes -- The history of the Rondo Oral History Project -- Oral historian Kate Cavett -- Those who influenced and contributed -- A guide for grandparents, parents, and teachers in using this book with youth -- Index

Edited interviews from Hand in Hand Production's Rondo Oral History Project