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The oral history interviews conducted by John Behee between 1968 and 1974 cover a period from 1922 (William DeHart Hubbard) to 1972 (Godfrey Murray). They follow a fairly consistent pattern of questions and topics:

  1. motivation and circumstances that brought the athlete to Michigan
  2. high school experience and honors
  3. athletic experience / accomplishments at U-M
  4. relations with coaches and fellow players
  5. any particular experience of discrimination or prejudice, in particular with regard to lodging and travel
  6. any notable positive experience with coaches, teammates or others
  7. election of Blacks as team captains
  8. campus social life, including fraternities and interracial dating
  9. housing discrimination in Ann Arbor
  10. educational and work experience
  11. response to the Black Action Movement BAM and the larger civil rights movement.

The interviews range from ca. 40-minutes to ca. 80 minutes in length. They are listed chronologically by date of the athletes U-M career. The sound level on some recordings is fairly low and you many need to raise the volume on your speaker.

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John Richard Behee sound recordings, 1969-1974

29 audiocassettes — 1 folder

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Historian of University of Michigan athletics, most notably football. Sound cassettes of interviews with African American athletes regarding their experiences at the University of Michigan.

The collection consists of audio cassettes and digital files of interviews with African American athletes regarding their experiences at the University of Michigan. Included is the proposal Behee wrote for the oral history project. The interviews were part of the Behee's research for his book Hail to the Victors.

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William DeHart Hubbard; Track, 1922-1925, 1970 September 26

Audio Cassette, Compact Cassette, 1 7/8 ips

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(Interviewed in Cleveland, Ohio by John Behee. William DeHart Hubbard, discusses his high school experience in Cincinnati and how he came to U-M, track accomplishments at U-M and at 1924 Olympics, setting world record in long jump, discusses failure to be elected team captain in 1925, black social life on campus.)
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[Side 1]

mp3 file

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(Interviewed at his Cleveland home by John Behee. Henry Graham: Michigan's first black varsity tennis player, discusses his decision to attend to U-M, making the varsity tennis squad, discrimination on team trips, housing discrimination in Ann Arbor, his educational experience, quota system in Medical School, social life for black students, reaction to BAM)
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Daniel Kean; Tennis, 1934, 1970 December 18

Audio Cassette, Compact Cassette, 1 7/8 ips

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(Tape 1; Interviewed in Pittsburgh, PA by John Behee. Dan Kean, who pent two years at Fiske University in Nashville before coming to U-M, was invited to try out for the varsity tennis team by coach John Johnstone after winning a campus tournament, discusses his motivations for coming to U-M, family background, the African-American tennis circuit, other black Big Ten tennis players from the 1920s and 1930s. Talks about intramural basketball and the conference ban on black varsity basketball and generally on the nature of prejudice; discusses his perspectives on BAM and militant protest, relations with his tennis teammates and the taboo against discussion of race.)