Reverend Welford Wilson

Reverend Welford Wilson, who was known as a “social engineer,” played an important role in the history of civil rights in California, specifically in San Francisco. He worked with the union movement, protested African-American involvement in World War II, and worked with the Victory Committee in Los Angeles, which protested against racial discrimination and sought civil rights for African-Americans.


Date of Interview

Interviewer

1979-05-28

Paul A. Gopaul

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Program/Repository

California State University, Dominguez Hills

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They were the… first generation away from slavery. I knew my father’s mother, who was a slave. When she became free herself, she saw that her son finish college.