Description
- Abstract:
- In Part 1 of this interview, Rita Campbell discusses her upbringing, how she came to attend Brown, and the racial dynamics she experienced as an African American student in overwhelmingly white educational environments. She then speaks about negative perceptions of interracial dating and about her academic pursuits at Brown. In Part 2, she discusses her relationship with her French instructor Margo Kasdan (who was pursuing her PhD from brown at the time), how her experiences at Brown and after graduation were informed by race, and how Brown shaped her understanding of the roles of women in society. In Part 3, Rita describes a few courses and professors that had a lasting influence on her, the ways she feels her Brown experience was both self-improving and damaging, and her post-graduation career and life. Part 4 is a brief conclusion to the interview that touches on Rita's transition from the arts and entertainment business to a focus on human rights and housing.
- Notes:
- Class year: 1975
- Biographical note: Rita Angela Campbell was born on November 7, 1953 in Washington, DC, the daughter of two public school teachers. After completing her senior year at Ursuline Academy in Bethesda, Maryland, she earned her AB in Anthropology from Brown and her Master's in Holistic Counseling from Salve Regina University. Campbell was a longtime resident of Rhode Island, where she owned and operated the Artist Development Group talent agency and was affiliated with the New England Jazz Society, the RI State Council on the Arts, and Providence Inner City Arts.
Citation
"Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975"
(1995).
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:592622/
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975 Part 1
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975 Part 1
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975 Part 2
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975 Part 2
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975 Part 3
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975 Part 3
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975 Part 4
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975 Part 4
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Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975
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Collection:
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Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
This collection contains oral history interviews with alumnae of Brown University, which admitted its first women students in 1891. The Women's College at Brown was renamed Pembroke College in 1928, and in 1971, Pembroke College merged with the Men's College …...