Interview with Lyman T. Johnson, May 25, 1979

Project: Wade Hall Papers (2009ms131): Interviews with Lyman T. Johnson

Interview Summary

Johnson talks about the circumstances that led him to Louisville, and his trouble finding employment during the Great Depression. He also gives personal recollections about people he knew who were involved in the Great Migration. Johnson then talks about his experience in an African American fraternity at the University of Michigan.

Interview Accession

2019oh1560_whlj0017

Interviewee Name

Lyman T. Johnson

Interviewer Name

Wade Hall

Interview Date

1979-05-25

Interview Keyword

Great Migration University of Michigan Morehouse College Virginia Union University Inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt Unemployment in the Great Depression African American experience in the Great Depression African American fraternities African American sororities Great Depression

Interview LC Subject

African American college students--Social conditions African Americans--Employment. African Americans--Economic conditions. African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964. Depressions--1929 United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945. African Americans--Education (Higher)

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