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Alcena Boozer Oral History Interview (2 of 2)

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Title

Alcena Boozer Oral History Interview (2 of 2)

Description

Boozer discusses the multiethnic neighborhood she grew up in Northeast Portland, the significant places people in the community would gather at, how her family hosted black entertainers from out of town, such as Lionel Hampton. She describes her time in school at the challenges she faced in high school. She details the day of the Vanport Flood, what she saw, what she heard and how the community reacted. How she met her husband and her wedding day. She then discusses her involvement in civil rights in the 60s, public demonstrations in Oregon, Freedom Riders, the ongoing Civil Rights Movement in Oregon, names main figures of the Civil Rights movement in Portland, her thoughts on national Civil Rights activists such as Malcolm X, Dr. King and the Black Panthers. She discusses her feelings on the last draft board and "Project Return." Boozer explains her time at the Seminary, the transition from the Seminary to becoming a Reverend, her experience being Vicar of Emmanuel Missions in Birkenfeld and St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, the changing demographic of St. Philip. Afterwards, she goes into details about past reverends, Ramsey Schadewitz, Karl Reich, Sally Lambert, and Richard Green. She concludes the interview by explaining the difficulty she had leaving the church when she retired, how the church is connected to the Urban League of Portland, and her thoughts her own life and what she has accomplished.

Reverend Alcena Elaine Boozer (b.1938), was the Rector of the St. Philip the Deacon Parish for 17 years. Following the completion of her seminary training in the 1980s, she was one of the first women ordained in the Diocese of Oregon and one of only three African American women ordained in the Episcopal Church nationally.

Creator

Alcena Boozer

Source

Oregon Multicultural Archives Oral History Collection

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

May 30, 2012

Contributor

Chris Petersen

Format

Born Digital

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

OH18-boozer-alcena-20120530

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Chris Petersen

Interviewee

Alcena Boozer

Location

St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon

Original Format

Born Digital

Duration

1:03:27

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Interview Format

audio

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