Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Richard Gray Portee's oral history; Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Richard Gray Portee's oral history
Entry/Object ID
2009.002.0060
Scope and Content
1 compact disk ; 4 11/16" in diameter
Richard Gray Portee's oral history interview on December 11, 2003. Mr. Portee came to the county in 1947 as a tailor. He was active in church work and eventually was active in civil rights work. He worked part time as a disc jockey on WTTX. When he went to school at Morgan State University, he had to give up radio work during the time he commuted to school. He served on the county Human Relations Commission in the 1980s and also the Ethics Commission. He also worked with Pathways and various housing organizations. Mr. Portee taught at Leonardtown Elementary School. He talked about Saint Mary's College of Maryland. There was no data sheet with the interview. The interview is on one disk and in a black plastic container with a bright yellow label on the spine.
Collection
Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Collection