Oral history interview with James Colston 1981
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- Name
- Colston, James A., 1910-1982 (Interviewee)
- Goodson, Martia (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with James Colston 1981
- Abstract
- Childhood in Florida; education: BA from Morehouse College, MA from Atlanta University; junior high school principal; president Bethune-Cookman College, 1941-1945; recollections of Mary Bethune; fund raising for United Negro College Fund; PhD in education from New York University; president of Georgia State College, Knoxville College, 1952-1966, Bronx Community College, 1966-1976; influence of Unit ed Negro College Fund on fund raising and higher education of blacks; retirement.
- Collection Name
- United Negro College Fund project
- Subjects
- College presidents; African Americans--Education; Educational fund raising; Colston, James A., 1910-1982; United Negro College Fund
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1981
- Note (Biographical)
- College president.
- Note
- Interviewed by Martia Goodson on August 14, 1981.
- Note (Provenance)
- James Colston, Gift 1986
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13500582
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-m30w-5095
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.