New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Vernan Bevans
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New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Vernan Bevans
Name (ID = NAME001); (type = personal)
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Popolillo
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Cindy
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interviewer
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Bevans
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Vernon
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interviewee
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Thomas
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Pat
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transcriber
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oral histories
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1980
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English
Abstract
Interview conducted by Cindy Popolillo for the New Jersey Historical Commission's New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interview is with Vernan Bevans who was born in British Honduras in Central America. He moved to Brooklyn in 1962 at 19 years of age, and then subsequently went to Monmouth College in Long Branch, New Jersey. The interview discusses Mr. Bevan's family, education, and occupations. He also discusses life in British Honduras and Brooklyn, British Honduran customs and rituals, and racial experiences.
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British Americans
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British Honduran American
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Community life
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Education
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Ethnic groups
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Family
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Manners and customs
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Occupations
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Religion
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Rites and ceremonies
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Work
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Brooklyn
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British Honduras
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New Jersey
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New Jersey--Monmouth
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New Jersey--Long Branch
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Transcripts from the Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project