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| Interview no. | U-0771 |
| 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 | 14 May 2011 |
| Interviewee | Ferguson, Robert Hunt. |
| Interviewee occupation |
Teachers Students Researchers |
| Interviewee DOB | 1978 |
| Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
| Interviewer | Verville, Michael. |
| Abstract | This interview covered Rob Ferguson's family history, his youth and connection to Eden, North Carolina, his interest in history and race relations, and his interest in farming and the impact of land ownernship. Topics include: South Carolina genealogy; Irish immigrants during the 19th century; teaching; rural North Carolina during the 1980s; white-majority schools; race relations in Eden, NC; land ownership; gardening. |
| Citation | Interview with Robert H. Ferguson by Michael Verville, 14 May 2011 U-0771, 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. | U0771_Audio |
