Oral history interview with William J. Trent, Jr. 1981
Abstract
UNCF executive director. Background; racial discrimination in colleges; creation of United Negro College Fund, NYC, 1943; executive director, UNCF, 1944-1964: fund-raising, esp. Capital Funds campaigns, Brown vs. Bd. of Ed. decision, 1954, organization of regional Alumni conferences; Asst. Personnel Director, TIME, Inc. 1964-1975; Bennett College Development Office, 1975-present; reminiscences of F rederick D. Patterson, UNCF employees, campaign chairmen, volunteers, and member college presidents.
Educational fund raising; Racial discrimination in education; Racial discrimination in employment; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; Trent, William J; United Negro College Fund; Time, inc; Bennett College
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1981
Note
Interviewed by Martia Goodson on October 14, 1980 and August 14, 1981.
Note (Provenance)
William J. Trent, Jr., Gift 1981
Note (Copyright)
Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2013.