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Constance Berry Newman (Finding Aid)
1935 -
Interview Length: 118 minutes
Interview Date(s): December 9, 2004
Interview Location(s): Washington, D.C.
Abstract
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Constance Berry Newman describes her family background and experiences living in MInnesota and Alabama. Berry's father took a medical staff position at Tuskegee's Veteran's hospital and Newman recalls the feeling of living in a completely segregated atmosphere for the first time. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Constance Berry Newman discusses her sefcondary and post-secondary school years in Alabama and at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She also details her struggles againsts gender and race discrimination while at the University of Minnesota Law School. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and member of various Cabinet posts, Constance Berry Newman details her tenure in those posts. She describes the difficulties of being the only or one of a few minority females holding a goverment post in Republican administrations during the 1960s-1990s. Newman discusses her work with various agencies and organizations dealing with Africa. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Constance Berry Newman, details her position as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affiars in the current Bush administration and the challenges the various countries face in terms of HIV/AIDS and economic and political pressures.
36 Stories (See Ordered Story Set)
- Slating of Constance Newman interview
- Constance Newman lists her favorites
- Constance Newman recalls her mother
- Constance Newman recalls her father and the family's move to Alabama
- Constance Newman talks about about her ancestors
- Constance Newman contrasts experiences in Minnesota and Alabama during her childhood
- Constance Newman talks about her siblings and memories of family life during her childhood
- Constance Newman recalls neighborhoods from her childhood as well as sights, smells and sounds
- Constance Newman discusses her early formal education
- Constance Newman talks about her career aspirations and her impressions of Thurgood Marshall
- Constance Newman details her early rejection of organized religion
- Constance Newman discusses her grammar school years in Tuskegee, Alabama
- Constance Newman recalls her youth and her close relationship with her brother
- Constance Newman talks about her high school experiences in Tuskegee, Alabama
- Constance Newman recalls her decision to attend Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
- Constance Newman describes her experiences at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
- Constance Newman talks about her father's sudden death and her family's move back to Minnesota
- Constance Newman recalls her experiences at the University of Minnesota Law School
- Constance Newman describes her year residency in France after law school
- Constance Newman details her work with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Kerner Commission
- Constance Newman talks about various governmental positions she's held
- Constance Newman describes her work with the Department of Heath and Human Services in the late 1960s
- Constance Newman recalls her duties at VISTA in the 1970s
- Constance Newman details the rigors of the Senate confirmation process
- Constance Newman discusses governmental opportunities for women in the 1970s and forming her consulting company
- Constance Newman details her work with the African Development Foundation
- Constance Newman describes her work with the Office of Personnel Management and her appointment to the Smithsonian
- Constance Newman talks about her business called Upstart, part I
- Constance Newman talks about her business called Upstart, part 2
- Constance Newman details her involvement with USAID
- Constance Newman discusses the perception of Africa in the United States and in the African American community
- Constance Newman talks about U.S. interests in the Middle East in relation to those in Africa
- Constance Newman expresses her hopes and concerns for Africa
- Constance Newman discusses her current role as the Assistant Secretary of State for Africa
- Constance Newman talks about the highlights of her life and career
- Constance Newman reflects on her legacy and how she wishes to be remembered