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Interviewer Name
Aisha Rickford (Class of 2020)
Interview Date
11-9-2019
Interview Location
Brunswick, Maine
Document Type
Interview
Abstract
David Dickson '76 shares some remarks on his father, David W. D. Dickson, who graduated from Bowdoin in 1941, and his uncle who graduated in 1935. He talks about how the Bowdoin of their era had segregated fraternities that did not allow black students or Jewish students, and details his father’s experience with the emotional tax that such a reality posed. Dickson also talks about the importance of having the safe space of the African-American society that behaved as an “island on a lily-white campus.” He also talks about the former student organization, All Races United (ARU) and how students of marginalized backgrounds as well as “independent mainstream” students could come together in activism. Finally, Dickson shares how his experiences at Bowdoin affected the development of his racial identity.
Unique ID
AFAM50OH001
Recommended Citation
Dickson, David, "Interview with David Dickson (Class of 1976) by Aisha Rickford" (2019). AF/AM/50 Oral History Project. 10.
https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/afam50oralhistory/10