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Title

Interview of Thea LaFond

Description

Thea LaFond relates her immigration to the United States from Dominica as a young child. Her account details her initial perceptions of America and popular culture, her family's move to DC Metro area, as well as immigrant assimilation in the United States.

Source

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST428M: "Foreigners as Citizens: Recording Oral Histories of Immigration" (Spring 2015). This course was led by Professor Anne Rush of the History Department, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for the New America.

Publisher

Center for the History of the New America

Date

March 25, 2015

Rights

The full rights of this oral history interview were given by the interviewee to the University of Maryland, College Park. This interview may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.

Format

Audio: MPEG-4
Text Transcript: PDF

Language

English

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Duration

30:20

Interviewer

Sydnee Pierce

Interviewee

Thea LaFond

Location

College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.