"Point of View" television interview with Fluker Walton, Sr., R. L. Ramsey, Elizabeth Green, and Jessie McCants by Booker T. Scruggs [audio recording and transcript]

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OHP52POV1a_d.mp3
Title
"Point of View" television interview with Fluker Walton, Sr., R. L. Ramsey, Elizabeth Green, and Jessie McCants by Booker T. Scruggs [audio recording and transcript]
Description
Interview for the television program "Point of View" (WDEF) with representatives from the East Ninth Street Community Development Corporation: Fluker Walton Sr. (26 Aug 1890-26 Dec 1983), R. L. Ramsey (29 Oct 1944-18 Nov 1994), Elizabeth Green (?-1982), and Jesse McCants (13 Feb 1936-13 Aug 2013) by host Booker T. Scruggs. Topics discussed include history of and future economic development plans for Chattanooga's Ninth Street area (now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). Several early Black businesses and professions are mentioned as well as the role and goals of the East Ninth Street Community Development Corp.
Interviewer
Scruggs, Booker T., 1907-1996
Extent
1 audiocassette (25 minutes)
1 transcript (10 pages)
Collection
Chattanooga Public Library Oral History Collection
Rights
No Copyright
Bibliographic Citation
Oral History Collection. Chattanooga Public Library.
Identifier
OHP 52
Type
Sound
Text
Language
English
Provenance
Gift, 1982.

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