Interview with Mrs. Claude Fawcett

Mrs. Fawcett details her life from her upbringing in New Orleans, La., through her education at the public high school, then getting her degree in education from New Orleans University, to her relocations with her husband, who was a Reverend that worked in New Orleans, then Key West, Fla. and finally in Binghamton, NY, where he passed away. She describes her work for the Trinity M.E.Church and her application to work at the Binghamton Public Library, as well as being the first black woman to be appointed in one of the city departments. She discusses the discrimination she faced in the workplace and how she stood her ground for equal treatment, as well as the changes in treatment of black people in the community during her years in Binghamton. She discusses her interest and knowledge of the Underground railroad.

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33:55 Minutes

1978-01-05

O'Neil, Dan

2016-03-27

Broome County Oral History Project

Fawcett, Mrs. Claude -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; New Orleans (La.); New Orleans University; Key West (Fla.); Binghamton (N.Y.); African Americans -- New York (State) -- Binghamton -- Interviews; Underground Railroad; Race discrimination


Binghamton Public Library; Trinity M.E. Zion Church

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