Jesse T. Morris

This oral history interview describes Jesse T. Morris’s first hand experience of World War I, World War II, the Great Depression, working in the US Postal Service, and the Watts Riots in Los Angeles in 1965.




Date of Interview

Interviewer

1980-04-26

Sheila Simpson

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View of Los Angeles facing southeast towards the post office. Various buildings appear in the foreground.
Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California

It brought many changes. It really made the people sit up and take notice.