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Title	Reedy, Ron - (A Audio)
Interviewee(s)	Reedy, Ron
Interviewer	Jones, Romauld
Date of interview	December 8, 1975
Location of interview	Shirley (Middlesex County, Massachusetts : inhabited place)
Description	Interview with Ron Reedy about his experience in the United States Air Force during the mid-1970s. He discusses his early life in Niagara Falls NY, racial interactions between whites and blacks in New York and in Massachusetts, his trouble finding work or funding for college after graduation which led to his enlisting in the Air Force before his draft number could be called, his basic training in San Antonio Texas, and the racial discrimination he and other blacks faced while on base in Oklahoma for 22 months.
Subject	Niagara Falls (N.Y.); United States. Air Force; Race discrimination.;
Type	Audio file
Rights	Copyright was assigned to Fitchburg State University by interview participants at the time of the recording and apply to both the audio recording as well as any written transcript.
File format	mp3
Extent	30 min 45 sec
Audio conversion date	Fall 2014