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Interview no. | U-0787 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | U.19. Long Civil Rights Movement: Breaking New Ground |
Project description | Interviews, 2011-2012, conducted for the Breaking New Ground: A History of American Farm Owners Since the Civil War project. This project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and was coordinated by Adrienne Petty (of the City College of New York) and Mark Schultz (of Lewis University in Illinois) with assistance from Jacquelyn Hall. Interviews were conducted by two cohorts of research fellows and centered on African American farmers', landowners', and descendants' political, social, and economic experiences in the American South from the Civil War onward. |
Date | 20 May 2011 |
Interviewee | Vann, Andre, 1970- |
Interviewee occupation |
Teachers Deans Program coordinators |
Interviewee DOB | 1970 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Verville, Michael. |
Abstract | This interview focused on Andre Vann's family's long history of land ownership in and around Vance County, North Carolina. Members of his family have been, and continue to be, involved in farming since the 19th century. The family land is thought to have originated with a family member who had some connection with Sir John Hawkins. Additionally, the Vann's are related to North Carolina educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Topics included: farming, Colonel Andrews of Vance County, NC, Kittrell, NC, the Great Migration, Liberty Loan Company, Vann Store, Tim Valentine, L.H. Fountain, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Moon shining, 1964 election, Civic League, NAACP, Newman Seeman, Masonic Lodge, the formation of Vance County, NC, Sir John Hawkins, Lewis Hawkins of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Mary Crutchfield Thompson, Black/White relations in South Henderson, NC, land loss during the Great Depression, reverse migration, and "Contributions of Vance County People of Color." |
Citation | Interview with Andre Vann by Michael Verville, 20 May 2011 U-0787, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | U0787_Audio |