Interview with James E. Plunkett, August 4, 1983
Project: Goin' North: Tales of the Great Migration Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Born in Danville, Virginia, James Plunkett (1896-1986) spent much his life moving from job to job, including tobacco farmer, bricklayer, railroad worker, and bartender. Over the course of two interviews conducted in 1983 and 1984, Plunkett recounts his childhood helping his father farm tobacco in Virginia, his decision at age 20 to move north in search of opportunity, and the ?sporting life? he enjoyed once in Philadelphia, going to speakeasies, drinking bootleg liquor, chasing women, and playing the ?numbers racket.?Interview Accession
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Race discrimination. African Americans--Employment. African Americans--Recreation African Americans--Social life and customs. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs. African Americans--Conduct of life. African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.African Americans--Social conditions. African Americans--Southern States. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions. United States--Race relations.
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Plunkett, James E. Interview by Charles Hardy, III. 04 Aug. 1983. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Plunkett, J.E. (1983, August 04). Interview by C. H. III. Goin' North: Tales of the Great Migration Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Plunkett, James E., interview by Charles Hardy, III. August 04, 1983, Goin' North: Tales of the Great Migration Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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