Marva Bond-Smith was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and grew up in the New London Road community in Newark. In this interview, she discusses growing up in the New London Road community, the racial environment in Newark, segregation and desegregation in Newark and the schools in Delaware, taking summer classes at the University of Delaware, attending Delaware State College after graduating high school in 1953, her teaching career and some discrimination she faced in the workplace, and a number of businesses in Newark and her relationship to them.
Recorded by Reid Barrow in Newark, Delaware, running time 1 hour, 13 minutes, 31 seconds.
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