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Interview no. | U-0719 |
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 | 22 June 2011 |
Interviewee | Irick, Earline T., 1942- |
Interviewee occupation | Farmers |
Interviewee DOB | 1942 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Smalls, Stella. |
Abstract | The interview with Earline Irick covered a vast array of topics. A topic that was quite tragic was the fact that prior to my interview, Irick's farm equipment was stolen. The equipment had been passed down from her father. We discussed the fact that she was parented by her uncle and his wife. She benefited greatly from their parenting and placement in their home. The effects that education has had on herself and the members of her family. Her family has had several unpleasant encounters with local officials concerning her land. The encounters started since the land was purchased by her parents, so although she maintains custody of the land the process has been far from a bed or roses. On occasion, she has lent farm equipment to relatives and others to help with their farms. |
Citation | Interview with Earline T. Irick by Stella Smalls, 22 June 2011 U-0719, 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. | U0719_Audio |