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Interview no. | U-0946 |
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 | 31 May 2012 |
Interviewee | Burkett, Ben, 1951- |
Interviewee occupation |
Farmers Government employees |
Interviewee DOB | 1951 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Smith, Angela. |
Abstract | Mr. Burkett's interview focused on the past and present farming of his family, who are based outside of Hattiesburg, MS in Indian Springs. Burkett touches on how his family acquired land over time, and the eventual development of a farming coop within his community to sustain small-scale farming. The interview focuses thematically on challenges of small-scale farming, including mechanization, discrimination, and competition. Burkett also touches on the prospects of small-scale farming, focusing on opportunities provided through landownership, as well as strengthening of communities and families. |
Citation | Interview with Ben Burkett by Angela Smith, 31 May 2012 U-0946, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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