Oral history interview with E. A. (Elbert Allen) Daly, 1971
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- Name
- Daly, Elbert Allen (Interviewee)
- La Brie, Henry G (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with E. A. (Elbert Allen) Daly, 1971
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of E. A. Daly : oral history, 1971; Oral history of E. A. Daly, 1971
- Abstract
- Daly describes his education, his military service, and the various jobs he held before moving to California and purchasing the California Voice. Daly discusses the circulation and success of the paper as well as how it was impacted by the Great Depression and World War II. Other topics of discussion include: linotype use; real estate investments; the role of the black press in integration; how cov erage varied between the white and black presses; what makes good news; the lack of formal education among black journalists; Daly’s involvement with local politics; the impact of the Kerner Commission Report (National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders) on the white press; and the future of the black press.
- Collection Name
- Black Journalists oral history collection
- Subjects
- Journalists; African American press; African American journalists; Newspaper publishing--Economic aspects--United States; African Americans--Civil rights; Newspapers--Circulation; Oakland (Calif.); Oakland (Calif.) Politics and government; United States Race relations; Daly, Elbert Allen; United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders; Report
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96kHz, 24 bit); 79 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Elbert Allen (E. A.) Daly was born on November 16, 1891 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Daly moved to California in 1922. In 1927, he purchased the California Voice, a weekly black newspaper based in Oakland, CA.
- Note
- Interviewed by Henry G. La Brie III on August 24, 1971.
- Note (Provenance)
- Henry G. La Brie III Gift, 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 11563222
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-vz4h-h673
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.