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Interview no. | G-0265 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | G.3. Southern Women: Hope and Dignity: Older Black Women of the South |
Project description | Interviews, conducted between 1979 and 1981 by Emily Herring Wilson, for her book Hope and Dignity: Older Black Women of the South. Overall, Wilson interviewed more than forty older black women in North Carolina and selected twenty-seven for inclusion in the publication. The interviewees include gospel singers, midwives, teachers, ministers, college professors, civil rights organizers, artists, and musicians. |
Date | 14 November 1979 |
Interviewee | Evans, Minnie Jones, 1892-1987. |
Interviewee occupation | Artists |
Interviewee DOB | 1892 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Wilson, Emily Herring. |
Abstract | A well-known and self-taught artist whose work has appeared in major collections both in New York and in North Carolina, Minnie Jones Evans was interviewed in Wilmington, North Carolina. During her interview, she passionately discusses her art as well as the inspiration behind her painting. This interview was conducted in part for the book "Hope and Dignity: Older Black women of the South" with text by Emily Herring Wilson, photographs by Susan Mullally, and foreword by Maya Angelou, published in 1983 by Temple University Press. |
Citation | Interview with Minnie Jones Evans by Emily Herring Wilson, 14 November 1979 G-0265 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. | G0265_Audio_1 |