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Interview no. | U-0904 |
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 | 18 June 2012 |
Interviewee | Robeiro-Howard, Antonio, 1990- |
Interviewee occupation |
Children Volunteers Students |
Interviewee DOB | 1990 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Hand, Shane. |
Abstract | The interview with Antonio Estaban Robeiro-Howard mostly concerned the following themes: family; gardening; education; and, the ministry. Beginning with his family background, Antonio offered much more information about his mother because he never knew his father. The history begins in Massachusetts, and his mother eventually moves them to Alabama, where they have remained. Antonio's mother brought Urban Ministry and WE Community Garden into his life. His first involvement was as a participant in Urban Kids while he was still in high school. He later became a volunteer, and eventually he became an intern and learned how to compost, plant, and harvest from Myron Pierre. He became the head intern during his second summer with the ministry, and he continues today functioning in that role. He briefly considers the influence WE Garden and Urban Ministry has affected on the West End community, and the affect the ministry has had on himself and his family. While Antonio is not sure of what the future will bring, he hopes to purchase his own land after graduating from college. Finally, he leaves a concluding thought, which he has turned into his own personal philosophy: “never give up.” |
Citation | Interview with Antonio Howard-Robeiro by Shane Hand, 18 June 2012 U-0904, 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. | U0904_Audio |