Dublin Core
Title
Shawan Turner Oral History
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Date Created
2017
Subject
Oral History
Description
Shawan Turner’s oral history traces her life from the Bronx to Colorado, centered on poverty, family, survival, motherhood, racism, sexuality, and community. She recalls growing up in New York tenements, being raised among Black and Puerto Rican neighbors, witnessing violence, caring for younger relatives, and dreaming of a safer world. Turner discusses bullying, college, racial segregation, dance, pregnancy, single motherhood, and coming to understand her lesbian identity. Her story highlights Black lesbian experience, family responsibility, resilience, trauma, joy, migration, chosen community, and Colorado as a place where she could imagine freedom and self-acceptance.
Type
Sound
Is Part Of
Colorado LGBTQ History Project
Format
audio/mp3