Oral history interview with James M. Dyer, 2000
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- Name
- Dyer, James Metcalfe, 1939- (Interviewee)
- Title
- Oral history interview with James M. Dyer, 2000
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of James M. Dyer : oral history, 2000
- 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 West chester 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
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Subjects
- Endowments--Officials and employees; Collective bargaining; African Americans--Employment; Dyer, James Metcalfe, 1939-; Carnegie Corporation of New York; National Urban League
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 70 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Associate Professor, Ohio University
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Interviewed by Richard Magat on September 1, 2000
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7584427
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-5qap-hh51
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview