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Interview no. | U-0947 |
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 | 7 June 2012 |
Interviewee | Burkett, Ben, 1951- |
Interviewee occupation |
Farmers Government employees |
Interviewee DOB | 1951 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Smith, Angela. |
Abstract | This interview is a continuation of the interview held with Ben Burkett and Angela Smith on May 31, 2012. Burkett clarifies his family's history (mostly on his mother's side). Additionally, he discusses community history of Indian Springs (otherwise known as Sheeplo/Petal/Sunrise Community), touching on the relationship between blacks and whites as well as the relationships between different families in the community. Burkett also discusses migration out of the community and moving away from farming. He also discusses how land is transferred from family member to family member or sold. |
Citation | Interview with Ben Burkett by Angela Smith, 7 June 2012 U-0947, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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