First Interview with David Combs: Social Justice Series

@ Black Citizens and Friends (Grand Junction, Colorado)

Sarah Swedberg Adam Lopez Noel Kalenian

Description

David Combs talks about growing up in a diverse neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He discusses school segregation, and the difficulties he and other African-Americans faced in securing a good education at the high school level. He speaks about attending the University of South Dakota on a football scholarship, his experience as a Black person in a place with few other African-Americans, and stereotypes about Black athletes that he encountered from professors and townspeople. He discusses helping bring about positive changes for African-American and Latino students on the Colorado Mesa University campus. He talks about working and living in Rock Springs, Wyoming and Grand Junction, Colorado, and discrimination he has faced in both locations due to his skin color. The interview was conducted on behalf of the Social Justice Archive in the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado, and Black Citizens and Friends.

Type:

Sound

Format:

Voice Recording

Contributors:

Mesa County Libraries

View Original At:

https://mesa.marmot.org/Archive/mesa%3A1333/Audio