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Title
Oral history interview video with Jerrell Cox
Creator
Cox, Jerrell
Klein, Dory
Decker, Jillian
Klein, Dory
Decker, Jillian
Abstract
An interview with Jerrell Cox, a native of Dorchester and Vice President of Development and External Relations at United South End Settlements (USES). Cox was director of their Camp Hale summer program in New Hampshire for over a decade from 2009 to 2020. He details his early memories attending Camp Hale in the mid-1990s, its positive influence and impact on his life, and later work there and at USES. Cox also describes the future vision for the organization after the recent demolition of their Harriet Tubman House headquarters in the South End and the importance of USES to the local and diverse youth community.
Title
Oral history interview audio with Jerrell Cox : January 8, 2021
Creator
Cox, Jerrell (Interviewee)
Contributor
Klein, Dory (Interviewer)
Decker, Jillian (Recordist)
Decker, Jillian (Recordist)
Language
English
Date created
January 08, 2021
Type of resource
Sound recording-nonmusical
Genre
Master copies
Format
Sound Recording
Digital origin
born digital
Abstract/Description
An interview with Jerrell Cox, a native of Dorchester and Vice President of Development and External Relations at United South End Settlements (USES). Cox was director of their Camp Hale summer program in New Hampshire for over a decade from 2009 to 2020. He details his early memories attending Camp Hale in the mid-1990s, its positive influence and impact on his life, and later work there and at USES. Cox also describes the future vision for the organization after the recent
demolition of their Harriet Tubman House headquarters in the South End and the importance of USES to the local and diverse youth community.
Project description
This item was collected and digitized as part of the Harriet Tubman House Memory Project, a Boston Research Center effort from 2020 to 2022 to preserve the history of the Harriet Tubman House, which stood at 566 Columbus Avenue in Boston's South End neighborhood from 1975 to 2020. The building was the base of operations for United South End Settlements (USES), as well as a community center, gathering space, art gallery, and main office for several
nonprofit organizations. Harriet Tubman House services continue at USES' historic Rutland Street campus. The Harriet Tubman House Memory Project was designed with current staff of the USES and community members affiliated with the activist group I Am Harriet (IAH). These interviews largely took place via remote recording technology during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, and were conducted by staff and volunteers at the Northeastern University Library and the Boston Public
Library. These interviews represent the stories of past and present staff, artists, and community members involved with the Harriet Tubman House since the building's development in the 1970s.
Related item
Boston Research Center. Harriet Tubman House Memory Project
Subjects and keywords
Cox, Jerrell
African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
United South End Settlements (Boston, Mass.)
African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
United South End Settlements (Boston, Mass.)
Permanent URL
Location
Northeastern University Library
Boston Research Center (BRC)
Boston Research Center (BRC)
Use and reproduction
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