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Interview no. | U-0829 |
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 | 21 June 2012 |
Interviewee | Fleming, Reuben, 1949- |
Interviewee occupation |
Farmers Custodians |
Interviewee DOB | 1949 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Davila, Kelly. |
Abstract | Mr. Fleming's life as a farmer was a direct consequence of his father's and grandfather's experiences, but he ultimately ended up losing his land. The interview follows each generation leading up to his, their gains and losses, and his personal opinions about the qualities and attitudes of people throughout time. |
Citation | Interview with Reuben Fleming by Kelly Davila, 21 June 2012 U-0829, 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. | U0829_Audio |