Black Voices at Rutgers · Oral History: Van Blake, Donald, 2007

Oral History: Van Blake, Donald, 2007

Title: Oral History: Van Blake, Donald, 2007
Interviewee: Van Blake, Donald
Birth Year: 1921
Birth Place: New Jersey - Plainfield
Interviewer: Illingworth, Shaun
Location of Interview: New Brunswick, NJ
Date Created: 19 December 2007; 15 January 2008
Description: Donald Van Blake was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and during the Second World War served in the "Red Ball Express" as a truck driver. After the war, he was active in the Civil Rights Movement and went on to have a career in transportation.
Transcript: https://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/interviewees/1507-van-blake-donald
Subject: Military; Civil Rights Movement; Construction and Decorating; Drivers; Beyond Rutgers (non-affiliated)
Collection: Rutgers Oral History Archives (ROHA)
Repository: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Rights: Permission to quote from this transcript must be obtained from the Rutgers Oral History Archives.
Identifier: ROHA-VanBlake