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Burke, Selma, November 16, 1973, tape 1, side 1

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  • Title
  • Burke, Selma, November 16, 1973, tape 1, side 1
  • Date
  • November 16, 1973
  • Identifier
  • 31735073021713-01
  • Source Identifier
  • 31735073021713
  • Description
  • Selma Burke discusses the cultural neglect in Pittsburgh's Black community, emphasizing the lack of communal spaces and cultural programs within churches. She compares this situation to her experiences in other places, highlighting her efforts in a town in North Carolina where she helped establish a cultural center within a church. Burke also shares personal anecdotes about her marriages, including her experience after Claude McKay's death and the challenges she faced with the Catholic Church in arranging his burial.
  • Extent
  • 30:33 minutes
  • Type
  • sound recording-nonmusical
  • Genre
  • oral histories (literary genre)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh Renaissance Project: The Stanton Belfour Oral History Collection, 1971-1973
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh Renaissance Project: The Stanton Belfour Oral History Collection
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