Voices of Rondo Oral Histories of Saint Paul's Historic Black Community By Hand in Hand Productions As told to Kate Cavett ISBN 0-929636-48-1 African American Studies / History Syren Book Company · September 2005 6 x 9 · Paperback · 362 pp · Our price     $ 17.95         Quantity   Real life stories illuminate the northern urban Black experience during the first half of the 20th century through the eyes of Saint Paul's historic Rondo community. Voices of Rondo: Oral Histories of Saint Paul’s Historic Black Community includes thirty-three individual short stories that share the varied aspects of the Black culture in this dynamic, diverse community. Voices of Rondo encapsulates the experience of Blacks living in northern cities throughout the United States. These stories celebrate the community and the culture of those that lived and worked in the vibrant Rondo neighborhood during the first half of the Twentieth Century. We glimpse the challenges of racism and poverty, and share the victories of a community that educated its children to become strong, to find personal pride, and to become the next generation of leaders in Saint Paul and beyond. The book is also available with a companion DVD here. Kate Cavett grew up in Minnesota listening to her father’s stories about his childhood in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma and the Italian Campaign of World War II. She has collected oral histories from over 150 people of all backgrounds, ages, races, and professions, from police officers to gang members. She has had the opportunity to spend hundreds of hours listening to their reflections on parenting, careers, neighborhoods, and their sorrows, passions, racism, fears, and joys. Ms. Cavett is the award-winning consulting producer of Oh Freedom Over Me, a radio documentary about the history of Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964. She has a B.A. in counseling and an M.A. in human development. When not listening to people’s stories, Kate finds joy in her creative and intelligent son, theater, art, jazz, and walking her Yorkie.

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