- Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Title:
- Raymond Miller interview (2014-03-26)
- Creator:
- Miller, Raymond A. (interviewee)
Miller, Alyce P. (interviewer)
Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (contributor) - Contributor to Resource:
- Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (contributor)
Silvent, Christopher (contributor)
James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives (contributor) - Publisher:
- Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2014-03-26
- Subject:
- African American schools--Virginia--Goochland County
African American businesspeople -- Virginia -- Interviews
African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Community activists -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American students -- Recreation -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American schools--Curricula--Virginia--Goochland County
African American teachers -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
New Farmers of America
Miller, Raymond A. -- Interviews
Miller, Raymond A. -- Childhood and youth -- AnecdotesGoochland County (Va.) -- Race relations - People:
- Miller, Raymond A.
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, Goochland County, 37.72198, -77.91636
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Raymond Miller discusses his family background and childhood in the Hadensville area of Goochland County, Virginia. He recalls his mother’s decision to send him to Second Union School, and discusses his experiences attending Second Union School, Central Elementary School and Central High School, describing memorable principals, teachers, subjects and recreational activities offered. He recalls the emphasis on fundamentals, character building and life skills in his educational experience and describes his involvement with the New Farmers of America at school. Raymond Miller also talks about the NAACP scholarship he was awarded, which enabled him to attend Virginia Union University, where he received a degree in business administration. He and Alyce Miller discuss the administration and funding of the area Rosenwald schools, and Raymond Miller describes how individuals and groups in the community worked to address the needs of the students. He also discusses his experience facing discrimination in the workplace, his career in insurance, and his family.
An interview conducted as part of the Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, documenting education in Goochland County, Virginia, particularly the impact of the Rosenwald Schools, and the differences between the education offered to white and black students during the period the Rosenwald Schools operated.
No transcript or tape log available.Call number: LA380.G66
Call number: LA380.G66 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A28441
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by Brian J. Daugherity, Alyce Miller, and Christopher Silvent. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Original oral history: Raymond Miller interview (2014-03-26), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Extent:
- 101 MB (57 minutes, 41 seconds)
- Original Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
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