Audio recording of an interview of Damon Prince by Joshua Egwuatu conducted over Zoom for the Black Cultural Center Oral History Project. The recording duration is 1 hour, 5 minutes, 18 seconds. Prince attended Tennessee Tech University off and on from 1992 to 2014. Prince discusses his background in a military family, why he decided to attend Tennessee Tech, how Cookeville was different from other places he lived, how changes to high school academic requirements made him ineligible to play football at Tech, his interest in music and career in music, what it was like being a minority student at Tennessee Tech, university employees and friends that pushed and helped him graduate, how he got involved with the Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center (BCC), how students used the Black Cultural Center, his career in human resources, and his work for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Princes gives advice to students and Egwuatu. Egwuatu compares his experiences with the BCC and college with Prince’s experiences. For a transcript of the recording, see item BCCOH_Prince_20210112_transcript.
title:
Interview with Damon Prince
creator:
Egwuatu, Joshua I.
creator:
Prince, Damon
subject:
Prince, Damon
subject:
Egwuatu, Joshua I.
subject:
African American college students
subject:
College students
subject:
African American men
subject:
African American young adults
subject:
Young adults
subject:
African Americans
subject:
African Americans--Education (Higher)
subject:
African American college athletes
subject:
College athletes
subject:
College athletes--Recruiting
subject:
College students
subject:
College students--Recruiting
subject:
Interviews
subject:
Occupations
subject:
Tennessee Technological University
subject:
Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae
subject:
Oral histories
subject:
Tennessee Technological University. Office of Student Affairs. Office of Multicultural Affairs
subject:
Families of military personnel
subject:
Children of military personnel
subject:
Collins, Mike
subject:
Football
subject:
Basketball
subject:
African American football players
subject:
Football players
subject:
African American basketball players
subject:
Basketball players
subject:
Rap musicians
subject:
Rap (Music)
subject:
Music trade
subject:
McKenzie, Yvonne P., 1953-2019
subject:
Griffin, Gene, 1944-2009
subject:
Musicians
subject:
African American musicians
subject:
Hip-hop
subject:
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Alpha Beta Xi Chapter (Tennessee Technological University)
subject:
Homecoming
subject:
College students--Social life and customs
subject:
Owens, Robert L.
subject:
Burnett, Marc
subject:
Bridges-Phillips, Libby
subject:
Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency. Court Appointed Special Advocates
description:
Audio recording of an interview of Damon Prince by Joshua Egwuatu conducted over Zoom for the Black Cultural Center Oral History Project. The recording duration is 1 hour, 5 minutes, 18 seconds. Prince attended Tennessee Tech University off and on from 1992 to 2014. Prince discusses his background in a military family, why he decided to attend Tennessee Tech, how Cookeville was different from other places he lived, how changes to high school academic requirements made him ineligible to play football at Tech, his interest in music and career in music, what it was like being a minority student at Tennessee Tech, university employees and friends that pushed and helped him graduate, how he got involved with the Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center (BCC), how students used the Black Cultural Center, his career in human resources, and his work for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Princes gives advice to students and Egwuatu. Egwuatu compares his experiences with the BCC and college with Prince’s experiences. For a transcript of the recording, see item BCCOH_Prince_20210112_transcript.
publisher:
Tennessee Technological University. Archives and Special Collections
date:
2021-01-20
type:
Sound
format:
mp3
identifier:
BCCOH_Prince_20210112
source:
Black Cultural Center Oral History Collection
language:
eng
relation:
BCCOH_Prince_20210112_transcript
temporal:
1990s
temporal:
2000s
temporal:
2010s
temporal:
2020s
spatial:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
spatial:
Italy
spatial:
California
spatial:
Enid (Okla.)
spatial:
Atlanta (Ga.)
spatial:
Cookeville (Tenn.)
spatial:
Putnam County (Tenn.)
rights:
In Copyright
rights Holder:
Tennessee Technological University, Damon Prince, and Joshua I. Egwuatu
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