Interview with Jaylen Thompson '20, 2020 November 27
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Jaylen Thompson, Davidson College class of 2020. This interview was conducted as part of the Stories Yet to be Told grant funded initiative. In the interview, Thompson discusses the social dynamics of the soccer team, navigating multicultural identities, the social bubble of athletics, the Black Student Coalition, the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on his senior year, the power of physical space for fostering connections, and building community with other Black students on campus. Thompson mentions Dr. Hucks, Dr. Ewoodzie, Chris Clooney, Liz Robinson, and Dr. Wills as individuals who made a significant impact on his time at Davidson College.
Dates
- Creation: 2020 November 27
Creator
- Thompson, Jaylen (Class of 2020) (Interviewee, Person)
- Norman, Maurice J. (Class of 2020) (Interviewer, Person)
- Gibbons, Michaela (Class of 2022) (Transcriber, Person)
- Davidson College (Publisher, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of this interview is governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License per the associated permission form. Review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ for more information.
Extent
2 digital ( MP3, M4A)
1 Digital (Moving image) (MP4)
1 Transcripts (Digital) (PDF)
Language
From the Sub-Group: English
Repository Details
Part of the Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) Repository