Interview with Ron Spencer
Item
Title
Interview with Ron Spencer
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Sutherland, Sherry (Interviewer)
Spencer, Ron (Interviewee)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video file has been edited for clarity. In this interview with Ron Spencer, a former Tuskegee airman, he talks about his memories of joining and fighting with the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Corps. In addition to WWII, he also talks about civil rights in the United States before and after serving overseas.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
0:44:54
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0007
Topics
African American veterans
African American fighter pilots
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)
World War II (1939-1945)
Civil Rights Era (1954-1968)