Project of the Skyline
College/North San
Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline
College Library
Student project for LSCI 110 – Digital Oral Research Project,
“The
Perseverance of Bill and Vangie Buell in an Inter-racial Relationship”
Click on the links below
to hear audio segments from an October
29, 2004 interview
by Iris Phee and Marites Gonzales with Bill and Vangie Buell,
discussing the experiences and hardships
of having an inter-racial relationship
1) How Bill
and Vangie Buell met.
Vangie and Bill Buell at their
house in Berkeley
2) How common inter-racial relationships were back then.
Vangie Buell at age 17, could not date
or go to a movie without a chaperone because of her parents’ traditional way of
raising her.
3) Vangie’s fight against society.
4) And other groups that
fought against society.
5) How accepting Mr.
Buell’s parents are of inter-racial relationships.
6) Vangie’s
experience with the parents of her earlier husbands.
7) The
grandparents accepting their mixed grandchildren.
8) The
experiences of racism in the west coast compared to the Midwest.
9) The
breaking point of discrimination and miscegenation laws.
10) How Bill and
Vangie are able to maintain a healthy relationship.
11) Bill and Vangie’s diverse family.
A
picture of Bill and Vangie Buell’s family
*These
audio files may be played with Windows Media Player or Real
Player.
To download a free copy of Windows
MediaPlayer, click here.
Todownload a free copy of Real Player,
click here.
last revised: 1-21-05
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
These materials may be used for educational purposes if you inform and credit the
author and cite the source as:
Skyline College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives,
Skyline College Library. All commercial rights are reserved. To contact the
author, or send comments or suggestions, email: Eric Brenner at brenner@smccd.net