Lockhart, Charles S. - Interview and Memoir
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- Created Date
- 1974
- Description
Lockhart, firefighter, recalls working in the Springfield Fire Department: race discrimination, neighborhoods, churches, and the black community in Springfield; Depression; and employment and politics in the black community. Also discusses work in coal mines and as Springfield Golden Gloves boxing coach.
- Creator
Lockhart, Charles S. (1903-1994)
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- Subjects
- Afro-Americans
Boxing
Coal Mines and Mining
Depression, 1929
Fire Departments
Race Discrimination
Sports
Springfield Fire Department - Language
- English
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- © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html
- Chicago citation style
- Lockhart, Charles S. (1903-1994). Lockhart, Charles S. - Interview and Memoir. 1974. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/2940. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Lockhart, Charles S. (1903-1994), (1974) Lockhart, Charles S. - Interview and Memoir. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/2940
- MLA citation style
- Lockhart, Charles S. (1903-1994). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/2940>.