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Interview no. | U-0839 |
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 | 1 July 2012 |
Interviewee |
Allen, Elnora, 1949- Allen, Howard. |
Interviewee occupation |
Homemakers Farmers |
Interviewee DOB | 1949; Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Dodson, Heidi. |
Abstract | The main themes of the interview revolve around the discrimination the Allens faced in trying to obtain farm loans in Pemiscot Co. as well as the history of Mrs. Allen’s grandparents’ farm in the Lexington, Holmes County, MS area. Topics include: Farm loan discrimination in Pemiscot County, MO; Race and the Democratic and Republican parties; Church-owned land; Tabernacle of Love Church (Hayti, MO); Pigford v. Glickman settlement; Meeks family farm in Lexington, Holmes Co. , MS; Differences between the Missouri and Mississippi Deltas; African American intra-community relations and perceptions; Kennett Christian Academy (Kennett, MO); Community horse racing in Lexington, MS; Farm work; Mrs. Allen’s relationship to her grandmother; Lexington Attendance Center (now J. J. McLain School); Church activities; Mrs. Allen’s mayoral candidacy in Hayti, MO; Mrs. Allen’s philosophy on raising children; |
Citation | Interview with Elnora and Howard Allen by Heidi Dodson, 1 July 2012 U-0839, 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. | U0839_Audio |