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Interview no. | U-0852 |
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 | 31 May 2012 |
Interviewee | Robinson, Aretha, 1939- |
Interviewee occupation |
Cooks Farmers |
Interviewee DOB | 1939 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Dodson, Heidi. |
Abstract | The main themes of the interview revolve around Mrs. Robinson's family history and migration; her experiences with racial discrimination, and descriptions of the Pinhook community. Topics include: Migration; Hunting; 4-H; Working the Michigan fruit harvest; Integration of Charleston, MO High School; NAACP; Black farm owners; Flooding in Pinhook; Politics; Country stores; Rural African American schools and churches; Gender differences in education; Penermon, MO; Country life; and discrimination against Black farmers. |
Citation | Interview with Aretha Robinson by Heidi Dodson, 31 May 2012 U-0852, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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