Dr. Tim Black
(Interview #2, 2020)
In this Oral History Timuel Black offers a reflection on his life and gives advice to those who come after him. He shares lessons learned from post-enslavement south, The Great Migration, and how he learned about becoming a leader in the community through the lives of his family and neighbors growing up.
Dr. Tim Black (Interview #2, 2020)
Content Warnings: None
Audio Quality Notes: Good, even sound throughout the recording.
At a Glance
Public Housing Residency: None
Themes: Activism, Great Migration, Education
Content Warnings: None
Primary time periods: 1918–2021
Primary locations: Alabama, Chicago
Keywords: Parents, Hugo Black, Marcus Garvey, World War I, World War II, Education, Racism, Segregation, Sacred Ground, Slaves, Emancipation Proclamation, Congressional Medal of Honor, Faith, Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Confederate Army, Barack Obama, Ancestors, 102 years old, Supreme Court, Voting, Ku Klux Klan
Descriptive Context
Interview Summary
Content Warnings: None
In this Oral History Timuel Black offers a reflection on his life and gives advice to those who come after him. He shares lessons learned from post-enslavement south, The Great Migration, and how he learned about becoming a leader in the community through the lives of his family and neighbors growing up. Their faith, hope, and love, and the obligation in their belief for the future. Dr. Black leaves a number of gems for how to conduct an oral history interview, how to live an optimistic life, and why living one’s life with an obligation to other bestows purpose.
About the Narrator
Narrator Full Name: Dr. Tim Black (Interview #2, 2020)
Narrator pronouns: he/him/his
Refer to as: Dr. Tim Black
Self-identified race and/or ethnicity: Black, African American
- Birth: 1918-12-07,
- Death: 2020-10-13
About the Interview
Interviewer: Shakira Johnson
Date of Interview: 2020-12-??
Method of Interview: remote
Location of Interview: Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL
Language: English
Duration: 00:46:16
Formats Available: .wav
Audio Quality and other notes: Good, even sound throughout the recording.
Post-Production by: Nedra Deadwyler, Shakira Johnson
Contextual Information Last Updated: 2024-03-06
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Footnote: Timuel Black, interviewed by Shakira Johnson on Dec. ??, 2020 for the National Public Housing Museum Oral History Archive, Chicago, IL, [URL on website], accessed [Full Date of Last Access].
Bibliography: Black, Timuel. Oral History Interview. By Shakira Johnson. Interviewed Dec. ??, 2020. Accessed via [URL on Website] on [Full Date of Access]. Oral History Archive, National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, IL.
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