The Krueger-Scott Oral History Collection documents the experiences of African Americans who migrated to Newark, New Jersey between 1910-1970. Launched in the late 1990s, the project is a partnership between Rutgers University-Newark Center for Migration and the Global City, a number of local libraries and museums, and volunteers. The team interviewed over 120 Newark residents who either migrated to the city themselves or were first-generation Newark residents. Visitors to this collection can explore these remarkable interviews in a number of ways. On the site's homepage, visitors can listen to a handful of featured interviews in full. Interviewees include E. Alma Flagg, who was born in Georgia in 1916 and eventually served as the first principal of a racially integrated Newark Public School and later as the district's Assistant Superintendent. Perhaps most notable among this collection is the variety of Media Projects that feature these interviews. One such project centers on an interview with Coyt Jones, father of poet Amiri Baraka and grandfather of current Newark mayor Ras Baraka. As a whole, this collection of powerful interviews adds important insight into Newark's history and the experiences of African Americans during the Great Migration.
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