Terenz Goodwin oral history interview

Terenz Goodwin oral history interview, 1968

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Goodwin, Terenz
Title: Terenz Goodwin oral history interview
Dates: 1968 (inclusive)
19681968
Quantity: 2 sound tape reels
Collection Number: 4657 (Accession No. 4657-001)
Summary: Interview of a black professional baseball player who arrived in Seattle in 1922 and worked as a seaman, for Ben Paris restaurants, and for United Airlines
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact Special Collections for details.
Languages: English

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Taped-recorded interviews conducted by Larry Gossett, May 15, 1968.

Mr. Goodwin talks about his experiences as a black, professional baseball player who arrived in Seattle in 1922. He worked as a seaman, for Ben Paris restaurants, and for United Airlines. The black popultion in general had jobs as bellhops, janitors, porters, etc., in the twenties, but lost a number of these jobs to Asians who worked for lower wages. Black pimps were the wealthiest blacks in the twenties. During WWII many of these people were able to stop pimping and get good paying jobs. A migration from the South began during WWII also for better paying jobs, in shipyards for instance. This migration included southern whites and blacks, about 3 to 1. Racial conflicts grew in Seattle as a result of this migration.

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Listen to the audio recording of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.

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Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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