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Interviewer Name
Marcus Williams (Class of 2021)
Interview Date
11-10-2019
Interview Location
Brunswick, Maine
Document Type
Interview
Abstract
Alvin Hall ’74 begins with a brief anecdote on how he helped bring together Geoffrey Canada and Stanley Druckenmiller to collaborate on the Harlem’s Children Zone. Druckenmiller was a friend of Hall’s roommate at Bowdoin, and Canada a member of the Afro-American Society. A couple years after graduation, Hall ran into Canada on the streets of New York and shared that Druckenmiller had recently come into good fortune. The rest is history. Hall remembers fondly how close the Bowdoin community was when he was a student. He spent many nights in the John B. Russwurm Center, where black students could come together for community. Hall recounts his involvement with the Society during his four years as a student. He took part in several protests, including a silent strike, where black students advocated for more people of color in the faculty and student body.
Unique ID
AFAM50OH018
Recommended Citation
Hall, Alvin, "Interview with Alvin Hall (Class of 1974) by Marcus Williams" (2019). AF/AM/50 Oral History Project. 3.
https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/afam50oralhistory/3