Mr. James Sheppard interview clip 1
- Title:
- Mr. James Sheppard interview clip 1
- Creator:
- James Sheppard; Sanela Zukic
- Date Created:
- 2001-03-31
- Description:
- James Sheppard was born in New York City in 1924, to parents who had just emigrated from Antigua. He was the eldest of four siblings. He graduated high school in 1942, and served in the Army during World War II. He worked as an aviation mechanic after the war; in 1957 he was hired by the Federal Aviation Administration as an inspector, a job he continued until he retired in 1985. He married twice, and had five children and seven grandchildren. His family moved to Westbrook, Maine, in 1971, when the FAA transferred him to work at the Portland Jetport. He was an active member of the Lions Club, and mentored local students. He discusses raising children, his family history in the Caribbean, discrimination he has faced as an African American throughout his life, Portland’s growing community of African immigrants, and cultural differences between Maine and New York City.
- Subjects:
- Family Education Employment
- Location:
- Portland, ME
- Latitude:
- 43.65830234
- Longitude:
- -70.25811361
- Source:
- University of Southern Maine, Zukic, Sanela and Sheppard, James (2001). Home Is Where I Make It Oral History Project. 14.
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mp3
- Digital Commons URL:
- https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/aa_hiwimi/14
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Mr. James Sheppard interview clip 1", We Exist Series 5, Digital Projects - University of Southern Maine Libraries & Learning
- Reference Link:
- acg-floating-204-197-4-76.acg.maine.edu/weexist5/items/we5_001.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/