Carrington Lloyd Buddoo, known as Lloyd Buddoo, explained the public school system in Jamaica, including the requirement of purchasing own books, free education from age 7 to 15, and local examinations, as well as details about his personal experience attending school in Jamaica. He discussed saving money and his experience attending high school at the age of 19 and being head boy of the school, and then teaching elementary school, visiting Chicago in the United States, and working at the Department of Statistics before attending Mico College.
Buddoo detailed some of the history of Mico College. After attending Mico College, Buddoo explained he taught high school in Jamaica for one year before returning to the United States to complete a bachelor's degree at Howard University, where he fought to obtain credit for courses he took at Mico College and graduated with honors. He also explained that the courses in Jamaica where more intense than the courses he took at Howard and he completed his courses in a year and half while working full time. After graduation from Howard, Buddoo explained he could not get a job so he decided to be a cab driver, and that he decided to go to law school at Howard University after getting a traffic ticket and being treated unfairly in court.
Buddoo also talked about his family, his children, picking oranges and grapefruits, and growing vegetables in his garden. He explained why he would not return to Jamaica, discrimination in Jamaica, specifically where he lived in Jamaica, living and work conditions in Jamaica, how Jamaicans saved money to immigrate to the United States or England, and that public health and cleanliness are better in Jamaica than in the United States.
Carrington Lloyd Buddoo was interviewed in June 1994. Interview is in English. Buddoo's interview follows the conclusion of Dorothy Baker's interview on ACMA_AV002379_B. Digital audio files include white noise and static; interviewee can be heard clearly for the most part.
General:
A text transcript of this interview is available in Anacostia Community Museum Archives. The text transcript is not verbatim of the audio recording.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, and textual transcript.
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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Conservation funded by grant from the Bank of America Art Conservation Project
Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé), 1870-1956 Search this
Extent:
5.94 Linear feet (20 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Autograph albums
Memorabilia
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1932-1993
bulk 1942-1980
Summary:
The collection, which dates from 1932 to 1993 and measures 5.94 linear feet, documents the career and personal life of Washington, DC cabdriver Percival Bryan. The collection is comprised of an autobiography, autograph books, citations, correspondence, memorabilia, photographic prints, and printed materials.
Arrangement note:
The papers are organized into five series. The Photographs series has been further arranged into subseries. The contents of each series and subseries are arranged alphabetically. There are oversize materials in the Biographical and Photographs series. The series and subseries are arranged as follows:
Series 1: Autobiographical
Series 2: Biographical
Series 3: Autograph albums
Series 4 Memorabilia
Series 5: Photographs
Subseries 5.1: Portraits
Subseries 5.2: Bryans and friends
Subseries 5.3: Special events
Subseries 5.4: Social groups
Subseries 5.5: Travel and recreation
Subseries 5.6: Miscellaneous
Biographical/Historical note:
Born in Galena, St. Mary's Parish, Jamaica, Percival Bryan (1906-1996) came to the United States in 1924 as a stowaway in search of adventure and opportunity. He settled in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., involved himself with various social and civic organizations, and was instrumental in forming the Caribbean American Inter-cultural Organization. He worked as a White House butler under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969). Bryan also served as a chauffer for Attorney General Homer S. Cummings (1870-1956) before becoming a cab driver. An autograph collector, Mr. Bryan collected over 100,000 signatures of notable individuals.
Related Materials:
This collection contains artifacts catalogued in the ACM Objects collection.
Restrictions:
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