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Hartford NAACP Former President Dr. Sedrick Rawlins Interview and Transcript

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Hartford NAACP Former President Dr. Sedrick Rawlins discusses his experience with the Hartford NAACP starting in the early 1960's. He talks about how his upbringing and life experiences led to his work with the organization. He talks about his military experience as a pilot, being a student at the Lincoln University College, and the discrimation he experienced in the 1940's and 50's prior to his work with the NAACP and opening up a dental practice in Connecticut. He mentions figures Arthur Johnson, C. Roy Jackson, Wilbur Smith, George Ritter, Matt Ritter, Tom Ritter, Percy Christian, Ella Cromwell, Robert Smith, Martha-Rea Nelson, the Seymours, and his wife, Alice Rawlins. He talks about his work with University of Connecticut and being one of the founders of the UCONN Health Center. He also mentions the Hartford Ministerial Alliance, Connecticut State Board of Parole, and Connecticare.
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Keywords

  1. African American Air Pilots
  2. African American Business Enterprises
  3. African American Churches
  4. African American Civic Leaders
  5. African American Civil Rights Workers
  6. African American Dentists
  7. African American Men
  8. African American Veterans
  9. African Americans
  10. Christian, Percy
  11. Civil Rights
  12. Connecticare (Hartford, Conn.)
  13. Connecticut State Board Of Parole (Conn.)
  14. Cromwell, Ella Little
  15. Dentists
  16. Hartford Ministerial Alliance (Hartford, Conn.)
  17. Jackson, C. Roy
  18. Johnson, Arthur
  19. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  20. Nelson, Martha Rea
  21. Older African Americans
  22. Rawlins, Alice
  23. Rawlins, Sedrick
  24. Ritter, George J
  25. Ritter, Matthew D
  26. Ritter, Thomas D
  27. Smith, Robert
  28. Smith, Wilbur
  29. Universities
  30. University Of Connecticut (Storrs, Conn.)
  31. University Of Connecticut Health Center (Farmington, Conn.)
  32. Urban African Americans

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