- Title Information
- Title
- Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Rita Angela Campbell, class of 1975
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Campbell, Rita Angela
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Byrd, Derria Monique
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 1995-10-26
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- 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.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1975
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="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.
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1970s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dating
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Gender Expectations
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Minority Students
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Professors
- Genre (aat)
(authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
- oral histories (literary works)