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Betty May Brooks-Cole interview (part 2 of 8)

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The second of eight oral history history interviews with Betty May Brooks-Cole. In her interviews, she describes the entertainment venues for African Americans on U Street, including the Howard Theater and the Republic Theater and notes some of the musical acts that she saw perform, which included Chuck Brown and the Four Tops. She also speaks about the segregation of department stores. Brooks-Cole describes as well her fright at being on 7th street in the middle of the 1968 riots and how she felt in the aftermath of the riots.Betty May Brooks-Cole was born in Washington D.C.DC Public Library, Special Collections, OHP 25 South of U Oral History Project - Life, Riots, and Renewal in Shaw
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Contributors:
Riley, Eric, interviewer; Danielson, Casey, interviewer; Hirsch, Nicholas
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