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Oral history interview with Johnnie O. Maxey [Sound Recording 03]
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- 1994-02-25 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:30:15
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Johnnie Obina Maxey, nee Samples, was born in Kilgore, Texas, in 1919. She attended Texas College in Tyler, Texas. In 1939, she and Charles Britton Maxey were married; they later had five children. In 1943, the couple relocated to Portland, Oregon, where Charles Britton Maxey worked in the shipyards and later as a barber. After Charles Britton Maxey's first two barbershops were seized by the state for the construction of Interstate 5, the couple ran a small grocery store, called Maxey's Better Buy Grocery, with an attached barbershop in North Portland. Johnnie Maxey was active in numerous community organizations, including the parent teacher association, the Bluebirds, and La Femme.
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Tape 2, Side 1. This oral history interview with Johnnie Maxey was conducted by Aaron Brand at Maxey’s home in Portland, Oregon, from February 25 to June 30, 1994. Charles Britton Maxey was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview, which was conducted in five sessions. In the first interview session, conducted on February 25, 1994, Maxey discusses her family background and early life on a farm in Kilgore, Texas. She speaks at length about raising and preparing food; describes her childhood home; and talks about her early education. She then discusses attending Texas College, including meeting Charles Britton Maxey. She also talks about her mother’s health, attending the AME Church, and racism she experienced. She discusses relocating to Portland in 1943; talks about the jobs that Charles Britton Maxey held; and describes her journey by train.
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Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/. Copyright to photograph has not been determined, and permission for use may require authorization from copyright holders.
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- Brand, Aaron (Contributor)