First Interview with David Combs: Social Justice Series

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David Combs talks about growing up in a diverse neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He discusses school segregation, and the difficulties he and other African-Americans faced in securing a good education at the high school level. He speaks about attending the University of South Dakota on a football scholarship, his experience as a Black person in a place with few other African-Americans, and stereotypes about Black athletes that he encountered from professors and townspeople. He discusses helping bring about positive changes for African-American and Latino students on the Colorado Mesa University campus. He talks about working and living in Rock Springs, Wyoming and Grand Junction, Colorado, and discrimination he has faced in both locations due to his skin color. The interview was conducted on behalf of the Social Justice Archive in the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado, and Black Citizens and Friends.

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Title: First Interview with David Combs: Social Justice Series
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Subject: Minneapolis (Minn.) -- History, Education, Urban high schools, Education, higher, African Americans -- West (U.S.), School integration, Race discrimination, Blacks -- Segregation, African Americans -- Biography, Football, University of South Dakota, Ethnic attitudes -- United States, Racism -- United States, Stereotypes (Social psychology), United States -- Race relations, Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History, Wyoming -- History, Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.), Oil industry workers, Five Points (Denver, Colo.), African Americans -- Relations with Mexican Americans, Minorities, Ethnic relations, Discrimination in housing, Mexican Americans, Basketball -- Officiating, Fruita (Colo.) -- History, African Americans -- West (U.S.)
Description: David Combs talks about growing up in a diverse neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He discusses school segregation, and the difficulties he and other African-Americans faced in securing a good education at the high school level. He speaks about attending the University of South Dakota on a football scholarship, his experience as a Black person in a place with few other African-Americans, and stereotypes about Black athletes that he encountered from professors and townspeople. He discusses helping bring about positive changes for African-American and Latino students on the Colorado Mesa University campus. He talks about working and living in Rock Springs, Wyoming and Grand Junction, Colorado, and discrimination he has faced in both locations due to his skin color. The interview was conducted on behalf of the Social Justice Archive in the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado, and Black Citizens and Friends.
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Date: February 5, 2021-
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 file (1:02:54) from source material (SJ Interview 1: MP4 in Zoom online platform); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1333, : SJOH 1 Combs, David
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Language: English
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Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=enlocalorganization:2Mesa County Librariesorganization:1040Museums of Western ColoradoThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). For rights management and/or licensing questions, please see http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ or http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-law Inquiries may be sent to Mesa County Libraries: https://mesacountylibraries.org/aboutus/contact/English

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First Interview with David Combs: Social Justice Series

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