Oral history interview and transcript with Addie Booker

From Mattatuck Museum

Addie Booker (contributor)

Addie Booker was interviewed on 04/09/1997 for the African American Oral History Project. In her interview she speaks about her experiences migrating to Waterbury from South Carolina, Jim Crow segregation, the church she attended, and her family. Her husband, Cicero Booker Sr., was the first African American police officer on the Waterbury police force.

African American Oral History Collection. M-67. Max R. Traurig Library and Archive, Mattatuck Museum.

Accession/ID Number M67.Booker.1997-04-09

Subjects

• African Americans--History
• Migration, Internal--United States--History--20th century