Interview with James Walton
- Title
- Interview with James Walton
- Description
- In this interview with Jim Walton, he describes his upbringing in Texas and education, his military service and original career plans prior to coming to Tacoma. The bulk of the interview discusses his long history in Tacoma, beginning with his first job in the city and playing football, to his role as an adult student at TCC forming the Black student group the Obi Society. Walton discusses Obi’s fight for greater representation of Black culture in the curriculum, support for Black students, and more Black students and employees on campus; bringing Muhammad Ali to speak in Tacoma; violence on campus and off, including his involvement in calming the Hilltop incident. He also discusses the new community group the Black Collective and changes in the city that came out of that experience, and his decision to work for the city. He reflects on his achievements and the ways that TCC and students have changed over the years.
- Subject
- Community colleges
- Tacoma Community College
- oral histories (literary works)
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Creator
- Tacoma Community College. Department of Marketing and Communications
- Source
- Tacoma Community College Department of Marketing and Communications records
- Publisher
- Tacoma Community College Archives
- Date
- 2013-01-09
- Contributor
- Walton, James
- Small, Dan
- Rights
- Use is governed by Tacoma Community College's Creative Commons Copyright policy requiring attribution and share-alike intentions.
- Format
- MP4
- Language
- English
- Identifier
- TCCA012_WaltonJames
- Coverage
- Tacoma (Wash.)
- Media
- TCCA012_WaltonJames.mp4
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