Oral history interview with Charles B. Rangel, 2009

Biographical Note

Politician

Scope and Contents

Background: born 1930 in Harlem, New York City; education: New York University School of Commerce, St. John's University School of Law; career: served in U.S. Army in Korean War 1948-52, Democratic member of U.S. House of Representatives since 1971, first African American to chair House Ways and Means Committee; decline and eventual closing of Apollo Theater in 1960s and 1970s; restoration of business in Harlem through Empowerment Zone; rapport between Inner City Broadcasting Corporation and Apollo; anecdotes of Civil Rights Movement; reminiscences of Apollo performances by musicians such as Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie

Subjects

• African American legislators--Interviews.
• Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)
• Civil rights movements--United States--Anecdotes.
• Clark, Mary Marshall, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Edwards, Brent Hayes, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
• Inner City Broadcasting Corporation (New York)
• Legislators--United States--Interviews.
• Rangel, Charles B.--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York and the Apollo Theater Foundation, 2009