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| Title | Wheeler, Luther - Interview and Memoir |
| Subject |
Afro-Americans Allis-Chalmers Company, Springfield (Ill.) Cairo (Ill.) Race Discrimination Springfield (Ill.)--Social Life United States. Navy World War, 1939-1945 |
| Description | Wheeler discusses his experiences in the U.S. Navy during WWII as an African American seaman: boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Center, sonar training in Miami, Florida, discrimination and segregation, assignment and duties on Subchaser 1264, encounters with submarines, crewmates, "R&R" and his discharge from the Navy. He also recalls his early life in Cairo, Illinois: education, discrimination and segregation, jobs, and the town. He discusses life in Springfield: working at Allis Chalmers, duties, positions, and conflicts with management, discrimination and segregation, neighborhoods, activities, and politics. |
| Creator | Wheeler, Luther b. 1914 |
| Contributing Institution | Oral History Collection, Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Contributors | Duiker, Bette [interviewer] |
| Date | 1983 |
| Type | text;sound |
| Digital Format | PDF; MP3 |
| Identifier | W564 |
| Language | en |
| Rights | © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html |
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| Title | Luther Wheeler Memoir Volume I |
| Source | Luther Wheeler Memoir Volume I.pdf |
| Rights | © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html |