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Interview With Barbara M. Boulware - Oh 779, Barbara M. Boulware, Rock Hill School District, Civil Rights Movement
Interview With Barbara M. Boulware - Oh 779, Barbara M. Boulware, Rock Hill School District, Civil Rights Movement
Winthrop University Oral History Program
This interview was conducted by Jackson Martin with Barbarba M. Boulware as part of Project 2020: A Collaborative Oral History. Mrs. Boulware discusses the challenges she faced as an educator during the Civil Rights Era and shares her experiences as a Black woman in the South, notably her triumphs in the face of racism and adversity. Boulware underscores the influence of the Civil Rights Movement on historically Black sororities and fraternities like her own, Delta Sigma Theta, and how each collaborated to advance social change. She also highlights the crucial role of Black women in society, especially politics, and …
Interview With Manning Kimmel - Oh 221, Manning Kimmel
Interview With Manning Kimmel - Oh 221, Manning Kimmel
Winthrop University Oral History Program
In his March 10, 2015 interview with Rebecca Masters, Manning Kimmel reflects on the DiGiorgio Administration. Kimmel recounts DiGiorgio’s efforts to grow Winthrop and create a bridge between the University and Rock Hill. Throughout the interview, Kimmel summarizes the general consensus of the Rock Hill community in recent key events at Winthrop. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Interview With Jeuel Bannister Esmacher - Oh 144, Jeuel Bannister Esmacher
Interview With Jeuel Bannister Esmacher - Oh 144, Jeuel Bannister Esmacher
Winthrop University Oral History Program
Jeuel Bannister Esmacher (1924-2022) attended Winthrop College from 1940 to her graduation in December of 1943. In this interview, she discusses her admission to Winthrop, her family, her decision to major in music, her classes and favorite professors (George Trumble and Dr. Roberts), her experience as a female band director for a high school, her experience with travelling to the University of Georgia for a charity event during World War II, her health issues and experience at the Winthrop infirmary, her experience as a music counselor at a girls summer camp, dorm life, her experience as a part of a …
Interview With Edna Hall Ramseur - Oh 701, Edna Hall Ramseur, Emmett Scott High School
Interview With Edna Hall Ramseur - Oh 701, Edna Hall Ramseur, Emmett Scott High School
Winthrop University Oral History Program
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Edna Hall Ramseur for his Emmett Scott High School history project. Emmett Scott High School was the segregated high school for African Americans in the Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was named for Emmett Scott, a former aide for Booker T. Washington and President Woodrow Wilson. The school was opened in 1920 and closed in 1970 with the integration of the Rock Hill School District. Mrs. Ramseur was a teacher at Emmett Scott High School, Rock Hill High School, and Northwestern High School. She discusses her experience in both the segregated …
Interview With Mazie Owens - Oh 204, Mazie Owens
Interview With Mazie Owens - Oh 204, Mazie Owens
Winthrop University Oral History Program
In her interview with Michael Cooke, Mazie Owens discusses her experience and efforts to encourage the black community to register to vote in South Carolina. Mrs. Owens details her involvement in the efforts to assist people with the process of voter registration and the obstacles that black people faced with the Jim Crow laws, as well as the Progressive Democratic Party and the Democratic Party.
Interview With Willie T. "Dub" Massey - Oh 138, Willie T. Massey
Interview With Willie T. "Dub" Massey - Oh 138, Willie T. Massey
Winthrop University Oral History Program
In his April 27th, 1981 interview with Phil O’Quinn, Rev. Willie T. "Dub" Massey recollects his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement as one of the Friendship 9 protestors and non-violent activists. Massey retells the preparation and events leading up to the sit-in at McCrory’s lunch counter. Massey also shares the negative effects he experienced with his involvement as an activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, in particular, his arrest from the McCrory’s sit-in. Massey concludes his interview with advice and hope for the black community. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus …