The HistoryMakers video oral history with Charles Blockson.

African diaspora historian and curator Charles L. Blockson was born on December 16, 1933, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Blockson has amassed one of the world's largest private collections of African American history. Blockson graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1956, where he was a t...

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Access Note:Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff.
Other Authors: Crowe, Larry (Interviewer), Bieschke, Paul (director of photography.)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
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