1 10 1 https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/3e7666c603261add62cccc3498f8a15e.jpg 7f40fdc1f7681e9c94b12777c7d1cc2a https://memory.richmond.edu/files/original/afac5e92bdb940c14d9dc9e6bc5c9a95.mp3 b4a8bf07740cad7cec781188fa3e7ed0 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Cole Richard Jenifer Yi Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Raymond Slaughter Location The location of the interview Boatwright Memorial Library Seminar Room 1 University of Richmond 261 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA 23173 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound <a href="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/transcripts/SlaughterRaymond_Richard-Yi_Transcript_20190609.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for the transcript file.</a> Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 01:00:40 Date of Interview June 10, 2019 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Professor Raymond Slaughter (RBS) Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource interviews Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Richmond (Va.) Description An account of the resource In this oral history interview, retired professor of accounting Raymond Slaughter (&lsquo;77-&lsquo;18) sat down with Cole Richard (&rsquo;21) and Jenifer Yi (&rsquo;22) on June 10, 2019, in Boatwright Memorial Library. Over the course of the one hour interview, Slaughter discussed his experience as the first black professor in the business school and one of the few black professors university-wide, including his educational background at Historically Black Colleges and Universities prior to coming to Richmond, the hiring and tenure processes, and his service-focused academic career. Slaughter also reflected on institutional changes he would like to see in order to reduce discrimination and promote diversity in faculty.<br /><br /><img src="https://memory.richmond.edu/files/misc/SlaughterRaymond_1980.jpg" alt="" /> <p>Raymond Slaughter was born in 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Kentucky State University in 1967, and attended Howard University Law School and obtained his law degree in 1970. In 1971, he received his MBA in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked for public accounting firm Ernst &amp; Ernst in Detroit Michigan, and then began teaching at Bucknell University. In 1977, he moved to Richmond and began teaching in the accounting department of the Robins School of Business, where he taught for 41 years before his retirement in 2018.</p> Subject The topic of the resource Accounting African American universities and colleges Black people Bucknell University Business schools Civil rights movement College presidents College students College teachers College teachers--Tenure College trustees Deans (Education) Discrimination Discrimination in employment Discrimination in higher education Diversity Education, Higher Gender Graduate schools Howard University Kentucky State University Law schools Race relations Randolph-Macon College Research Richmond (Va.) Universities and colleges--Faculty University of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Voluntarism Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SlaughterRay_Richard-Yi_20190610.mp3 Relation A related resource Race & Racism at UR Project Oral History Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This oral history is available for academic purposes--including but not limited to research by students, faculty, and staff--by permission from the interviewee (Raymond Slaughter). The interviewee maintains the copyright, and must be contacted via the Race & Racism Project (urraceproject@gmail.com) for permissions for use outside of academic purposes.