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Interview no. | U-0922 |
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 | 29 May 2012 |
Interviewee | Williams, Margaret. |
Interviewee occupation |
Government employees Researchers Scientists Farmers |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Moore, Ashley. |
Abstract | This interview was organized around several themes, all connected to the early life and family history of Margaret Williams: Great Grand Father inherited land, 1200 acres, Spanish Land Grant, cattle, turkey, goats, hog, chicken, cash crops, hay, siblings, celebration of June 19th, community involvement, Keithville, Louisiana, first black school, cotton gin, sugar cane, grist mill, U.S. Census, black land owners, Natural Resources Soil Conservation Services (NRSCS), Future Farmers of America (FFA), Annexation of Harris County –Houston TX 1955-1960. |
Citation | Interview with Margaret Williams by Ashley Moore, 29 May 2012 U-0922, 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. | U0922_Audio |