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Interview no. | R-0743 |
Restrictions | Audio closed. |
Project | R.41. Special Research Projects: 'Tobe': Visions of Childhood, Race, and Rural Life in Children's Literature |
Project description | Interviews, 2011-2014, by professor Benjamin Filene with individuals and relatives of those involved with or depicted in Stella Gentry Sharpe’s 1939 book, Tobe. Topics include life in Goshen, North Carolina, inclusion in the book’s photographs, family life and connections, country living, and the effects of the book on the community and families involved. Some interviewees offer reflections on pictured family members who have passed away. |
Date | 14 August 2014 |
Interviewee | Watson, Margine C., 1929- |
Interviewee occupation | Teachers |
Interviewee DOB | 1929 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Filene, Benjamin. |
Abstract | In this interview, Filene is talking to Margine Watson. Watson grew up the same time as the Garner children and attended Goshen School. However, Watson was not related to any of the Garners or anyone in the book. A lot of the interview is spent talking about Goshen and the smaller communities that fed into it. Also talked about was Goshen School and Goshen Church and how they were the centerpieces of the community. Watson confirms the rural lifestyle that was picture in the book, stating that her grandfather owned a farm and grew cotton. She remembers helping him out every now and then. The last part of the interview is spent talking about integration of the schools, with Watson saying it did not happen she when was in school but that it was hard on her children. Before that, segregation was just a way of life and nobody really questioned it. |
Citation | Interview with Margine C. Watson by Benjamin Filene, 14 August 2014 R-0743, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collections, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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