Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]

Dyer, James Metcalfe, 1939-

Name: Dyer, James Metcalfe, 1939- (Interviewee)
Format: oral histories
Date: 2000
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
Abstract: Early life: Born in Jamaica, West Indies, 1939; moved with family to New York after WWII, memories of early childhood and schooling; education: scholarship to Harvard University; one of twelve black students, member of Crimson Key Society at Harvard; time in Jamaica after graduation, graduate work at Cornell University, narrow avoidance of draft in 1963; career: coordinator for Urban League of Westchester establishing Neighborhood Youth Corps, coordinator for National Urban League, organizer of Black Analysis group, involvement with civil rights groups; position as program officer at Carnegie Corporation, discussion of various activities and people involved with Carnegie Corporation and other foundations

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