Oral History with Margarite Syphax, May 11, 1989

Oral History with Margarite Syphax, May 11, 1989

Desegregation

Margarite Reed Syphax moved to Arlington in 1947 with her husband William Syphax. The pair were active members of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and created their own construction and property management company, building custom homes and offices throughout the greater metropolitan area. Along with her business enterprise, Ms. Syphax was involved in community development through music, education and more. She was interviewed by Cas Cocklin and Edmund Campbell on May 11, 1989, and the oral history is available here in its audio and typed transcript forms. You can also read and listen to excerpts from the interview regarding her memories of the strength of Hoffman-Boston and the Nauck community during the years of segregation, and her reflections on the impacts of desegregation.

Margarite Reed Syphax

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

11-May-89

Cas Cocklin

Edmund Campbell

This interview is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the interviews in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.

English

Oral History

syphaxm198905

1940s-1980s

Cas Cocklin

Edmund Campbell

Margarite Syphax

Arlington, Virginia

Cassette

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