Interview with Dr. Martha Warfield, Part 2
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Interviewers
Anita Ghans
Description
Part 2 of two part interview with Dr. Martha Warfield recorded on May 15, 2015. Dr. Warfield is interviewed by Kalamazoo College student Anita Ghans as a part of SHARE's (formerly known as the Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society) Baldwin Archive Engaging the Wisdom Project with Kalamazoo College. During the interview Dr. Warfield discusses the following topics:
- Early experiences growing up as a black girl;
- The reasoning behind the emphasis on education in Martha’s family;
- Experiences while at The University of Oregon;
- How Kalamazoo changed while Martha and Charles were in Oregon;
- Seeing Bobby Kennedy on his last political campaign;
- Coming back to Kalamazoo after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.;
- The Black Panthers;
- Working as a probation officer in Kalamazoo;
- Why Martha started Kalamazoo’s first African American-owned mental health clinic;
- Her work with Western Michigan University’s summer bridge programs;
- How racism has changed over her lifetime;
- Opinions on current protests and civil unrest.
Additional files include full transcription and abstract (includes content timestamps).
Date of Interview
5-15-2015
Location of Interview
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Series
Engaging the Wisdom
Keywords
Oral History, Kalamazoo Michigan, African American History, Martin Luther King Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Barack Obama, Freddie Gray, Van Avery Drug Store, Western Michigan University
Disciplines
African American Studies | Oral History | Public History | Race and Ethnicity | Social History | Social Justice
Language
ENG
Document Type
Book
Recommended Citation
Warfield, Dr. Martha, "Interview with Dr. Martha Warfield, Part 2" (2015). Engaging the Wisdom. 4.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/engaging-the-wisdom/4
Length of video
56:14
Length of video log
27 pages
Notes
The Society for History and Racial Equity’s oral history archive is made possible through Western Michigan University’s Presidential Innovation Professorship program. All collection materials and copyright are owned by SHARE; Western Michigan University Libraries provide stewardship and digital access. Content is for educational purposes only and non-reproducible. If cited or linked, please do so through ScholarWorks with appropriate attribution. Please direct any questions to scholarworks@wmich.edu.
The Engaging the Wisdom project was made possible by Ms. Donna Odom (retired SHARE Executive Director), Dr. Bruce Mills (Kalamazoo College History Department) and Kalamazoo College students.