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Oral History: Van Blake, Donald, 2007
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Title
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Oral History: Van Blake, Donald, 2007
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Interviewee
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Van Blake, Donald
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Birth Year
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1921
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Birth Place
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New Jersey - Plainfield
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Interviewer
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Illingworth, Shaun
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Location of Interview
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New Jersey - New Brunswick
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Date Created
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19 December 2007
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15 January 2008
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Description
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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.
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Repository
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Rutgers Oral History Archives (ROHA) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick
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Rights
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Permission to quote from this transcript must be obtained from the Rutgers Oral History Archives.
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Identifier
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ROHA-VanBlake