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Title

Interview of Bebe Lila Spooner Melville

Description

This interview between Bebe Lila Spooner Melville and Hannah Fields explores Melville's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Guyana. As a teacher and government employee, Lila witnessed the racial and political conflict that enveloped her country and eventually forced her to leave as part of a mass exodus in the early 1980s.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST 428M (Spring 2019). This course was led by Professor Anne Rush of the Department of History, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for Global Migration Studies.

Creator

Hannah Fields

Publisher

Center for Global Migration Studies

Date

March 8, 2019

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

MP3, PDF, JPG

Type

Oral History

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Original Format

MP3, PDF, JPG

Interviewer

Hannah Fields

Interviewee

Bebe Lila Spooner Melville

Location

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA