Oral history interview with Albert W. Dent 1981
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- Name
- Dent, Albert Walter, 1904-1984 (Interviewee)
- Goodson, Martia (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Albert W. Dent 1981
- Abstract
- Business enterprises 1926-28; work at Morehouse College 1928-32; early years at Dillard College, later presidency; United Negro College Fund: formation and early campaigns, distribution and solicitation of funds, inter-alumni council; women's committee; impact of Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954; impact of United Negro College Fund on member colleges.
- Collection Name
- United Negro College Fund project
- Subjects
- College presidents; African Americans--Education; Educational fund raising; African Americans--Social conditions; United States Race relations; Dent, Albert Walter, 1904-1984; United Negro College Fund; Dillard University; Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1981
- Note (Biographical)
- College president.
- Note
- Interviewed by Martia Goodson on October 15 and 16, 1980 and June 15, 1981.
- Note (Provenance)
- Albert W. Dent, Gift 1981
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13500604
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-k2pk-me10
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.