{"id":2496,"date":"2011-12-05T02:18:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T02:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2019-03-09T00:47:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T00:47:40","slug":"oral-history-charlie-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2011\/12\/05\/oral-history-charlie-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie White Oral History Available Online!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last Spring OSU Alum Charlie White\u00a0was one of five panelists who shared his story regarding the desegration of the OSU Men’s College Basketball team during the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Charlie White transferred to OSU as a junior in 1964 to join the Men’s Basketball Team as the\u00a0first African-American player recruited on scholarship and only the second ever on the team. In his first year\u00a0he earned the Attitude and Leadership Trophy and was the second highest scoring player for the season. The next season, as team captain,\u00a0he led the Beavers\u00a0to the Pacific 8 Conference Championship. In 1967 he became OSU\u2019s Assistant to the Freshman Coach.<\/p>\n

We were lucky enough to interview him in-depth not only about his experiences at OSU and in Corvallis, 1964-1967,\u00a0but\u00a0also about growing up in Detroit during the 1950s; joining the military and playing basketball oversees; his journey from junior college in Southern California to OSU; his work for the Crown-Zellerbach manufacturing facility in Antioch, California, with the specific job to integrate the workforce; and his life-long passion for basketball.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Beaver Yearbook, 1965-1966<\/p>\n

Interview Information:<\/p>\n

Date: May 18, 2011
\nPlace: Corvallis, OR
\nLength: 00:47:49 or 00:48:08
\n(depending on media player used)
\nInterviewee: Charlie White
\nInterviewer: Dwaine Plaza
\nTranscriber: Natalia Fern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n

Click Here for the Transcript<\/a>
\nClick Here for the Audio File<\/a><\/p>\n

Related Material: Baseketball Desegregation Event<\/a>\u00a0and Norm Monroe Interview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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