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Interview no. | U-0846 |
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 | 20 June 2012 |
Interviewee | Howell, Ruby, 1932- |
Interviewee occupation | Nurses |
Interviewee DOB | 1932 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Dodson, Heidi. |
Abstract | The main themes of the interview revolve around Ms. Howell's memories of the farm she grew up on. She vividly describes how her family made molasses. Topics include: Migration from Mississippi to Ohio to Illinois; Farm work and chores; Farm labor; Peach picking and peeling near Anna, IL; Farm gardens; Molasses and milk production; Family store in Pulaski, IL; Fishing; 1937 Flood; African American churches; Local white farmers; Importance of landownership and country life; Community traditions and holidays; Shopping in Cairo, IL; Rural Black enclaves; Women’s activities; African American schools and teachers; NAACP; Masons; Reasons her parents and grandparents quit farming. |
Citation | Interview with Ruby Howell by Heidi Dotson, 20 June 2012 U-0846, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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